bengalês
Portuguese, noun/bẽ.ɡaˈle(j)s/
bengalês is spelled B-E-N-G-A-L-Ê-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bengalês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Bengali, Bangla (native or inhabitant of Bengal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa nascida em Bangladesh”.
What does bengalês mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Bengali, Bangla (of or relating to Bengal)
noun
- 1
masculineBengali, Bangla (native or inhabitant of Bengal)
noun
- 1
masculineBengali, Bangla (language spoken by Bengali people)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. natural de Bangladesh
noun: 1. pessoa nascida em Bangladesh
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 bengalês
- bengalesa feminine
- bengaleses masculine plural
- bengalesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bengalês?
- Brazil /bẽ.ɡaˈle(j)s/
- Brazil [bẽ.ɡaˈle(ɪ̯)s]
- /bẽ.ɡaˈle(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bengalês in Portuguese?
bengalês appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).