bifana
Portuguese, noun/biˈfɐ̃.nɐ/
bifana is spelled B-I-F-A-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 131,183rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bifana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pork sandwich” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bife pequeno de porco que normalmente se come em sanduíche”.
What does bifana mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalfemininepork sandwich
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bife pequeno de porco que normalmente se come em sanduíche
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 bifana
- bifanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bifana?
- Brazil /biˈfɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /biˈfɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal /biˈfa.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bifana in Portuguese?
bifana appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).