bento
Portuguese, noun/ˈbẽ.tu/
bento is spelled B-E-N-T-O (5 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Benedictine monk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prenome masculino”.
What does bento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
holy, sacred
água benta
noun
- 1
masculineBenedictine monk
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. benzido, abençoado
noun: 1. prenome masculino
noun: 1. marmita em estilo japonês
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 bento
- benta feminine
- bentos masculine plural
- bentas feminine plural
- Benedito
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bento?
- Brazil /ˈbẽ.tu/
- Portugal /ˈbẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bento in Portuguese?
bento appears 19 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).