bengala
Portuguese, noun/bẽˈɡa.lɐ/
bengala is spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-A (7 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,018th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bengala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “stick (cane or walking stick)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bastão, geralmente de madeira, que serve de apoio quando se caminha”.
What does bengala mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestick (cane or walking stick)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bastão, geralmente de madeira, que serve de apoio quando se caminha 2. pequeno bastão feito de cana da Índia 3. pão comprido
noun: 1. região no nordeste da Ásia meridional, divide-se entre o Bangladesh (Bengala Oriental) e o estado federado de Bengala Ocidental, na Índia
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 bengala
- bengalas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bengala?
- Brazil /bẽˈɡa.lɐ/
- Portugal /bẽˈɡa.lɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bengala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bengala in Portuguese?
bengala appears 5.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).