bamboleio
Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃.boˈlej.u/
bamboleio is spelled B-A-M-B-O-L-E-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese, the 215,563rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bamboleio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “swaying, rocking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bambolear. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ação de bambolear, movimento oscilante”.
What does bamboleio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineswaying, rocking
- 2
masculinewaddling
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of bambolear
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ação de bambolear, movimento oscilante
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 bamboleio
- bamboleios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bamboleio?
- Brazil /bɐ̃.boˈlej.u/
- Brazil [bɐ̃.boˈleɪ̯.u]
- Portugal /bɐ̃.buˈlɐj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bamboleio in Portuguese?
bamboleio appears about once in every 60 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).