bens
Portuguese, noun/ˈbẽj̃s/
bens is spelled B-E-N-S (4 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,420th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bens is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “goods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of bem. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que é propriedade de alguém”.
What does bens mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegoods
- 2
masculineestate (the collective property of someone)
noun
- 1
masculineplural of bem
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que é propriedade de alguém 2. possessão 3. cabedais 4. trastes
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.
How do you pronounce bens?
- Brazil /ˈbẽj̃s/
- Brazil [ˈbẽɪ̯̃s]
- /ˈbẽj̃ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bens
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bens in Portuguese?
bens appears 38 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).