best
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɛst͡ʃ/
best is spelled B-E-S-T (4 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Best is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bestie (best friend)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does best mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinformalmasculinebestie (best friend)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of best
- bests plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce best?
- Brazil /ˈbɛst͡ʃ/
- Brazil /ˈbɛs.t͡ʃi/
- /ˈbɛʃt͡ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is best in Portuguese?
best appears 23 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).