banto
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɐ̃.tu/
banto is spelled B-A-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Bantu (largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “família linguística africana da qual os idiomas quimbundo, quicongo, suaíli, zulu, hereró etc. fazem parte”.
What does banto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBantu (largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group)
noun
- 1
masculineBantu (a member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language)
adjective
- 1
Bantu
as línguas bantas
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente aos bantos
noun: 1. família linguística africana da qual os idiomas quimbundo, quicongo, suaíli, zulu, hereró etc. fazem parte 2. indivíduo do grupo étnico dos bantos
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 banto
- bantos plural
- bantu alternative
- banta feminine
- bantas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce banto?
- Brazil /ˈbɐ̃.tu/
- Portugal /ˈbɐ̃.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is banto in Portuguese?
banto appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).