bambolê
Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃.boˈle/
bambolê is spelled B-A-M-B-O-L-Ê (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bambolê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “hula hoop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “brinquedo, original do antigo Egito, que consiste em um grande círculo de plástico, ou outro material como o…”.
What does bambolê mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinehula hoop
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. brinquedo, original do antigo Egito, que consiste em um grande círculo de plástico, ou outro material como o bambu, para ser rodopiado através da cintura, ou pelos membros
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bambolê
- bambolês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bambolê?
- Brazil /bɐ̃.boˈle/
- Portugal /bɐ̃.boˈle/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bambolê in Portuguese?
bambolê appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).