bonito
Spanish, noun/boˈnito/
bonito is spelled B-O-N-I-T-O (6 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,901st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tuna; bonito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los peces del género Sarda”.
What does bonito mean in English?
adjective
- 1
pretty, cute
- 2
nice, lovely, sweet, fine, charming, great
bonito jugador
noun
- 1
masculinetuna; bonito
- 2
masculineskipjack
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Agradable a la vista y al sentido estético. 2. Grande. Mayor de lo normal.
noun: 1. Cualquiera de los peces del género Sarda. 2. Cualquiera de los peces del género Thunnus. 3. Cualquiera de los peces del género Euthynnus. 4. (Abramites eques) Especie de peces de la familia Anostomidae en el orden de los characiformes.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bonito
- bonita feminine
- bonitos masculine plural
- bonitas feminine plural
- bonitísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonito?
- /boˈnito/
- [boˈni.t̪o]
- [boˈnit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonito in Spanish?
bonito appears 46 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).