bauxita
Portuguese, noun/bawˈʃi.tɐ/
bauxita is spelled B-A-U-X-I-T-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bauxita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bauxite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rocha heterogênea, com aparência de argila, composta principalmente de um ou mais hidróxidos de alumínio, e…”.
What does bauxita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebauxite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rocha heterogênea, com aparência de argila, composta principalmente de um ou mais hidróxidos de alumínio, e várias misturas de sílica, óxido de ferro, titânio, alumino-silicato, e outras impurezas em quantidades menores; é utilizada principalmente para produção de alumina
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 bauxita
- bauxitas plural
- bauxite alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bauxita?
- Brazil /bawˈʃi.tɐ/
- Brazil [baʊ̯ˈʃi.tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bauxita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bauxita in Portuguese?
bauxita appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).