banquisa
Portuguese, noun/bɐ̃ˈki.zɐ/
banquisa is spelled B-A-N-Q-U-I-S-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese, the 197,229th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banquisa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “floe (a low, flat mass of floating ice)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande extensão de gelo nas águas do mar”.
What does banquisa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefloe (a low, flat mass of floating ice)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande extensão de gelo nas águas do mar
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 banquisa
- banquisas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce banquisa?
- Brazil /bɐ̃ˈki.zɐ/
- Portugal /bɐ̃ˈki.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to banquisa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is banquisa in Portuguese?
banquisa appears about once in every 49 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).