bigorna
Portuguese, noun/biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/
bigorna is spelled B-I-G-O-R-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bigorna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anvil (block used in blacksmithing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça de ferro em que se malham e amoldam metais”.
What does bigorna mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanvil (block used in blacksmithing)
- 2
feminineanvil (ear bone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça de ferro em que se malham e amoldam metais 2. ossículo em forma de bigorna¹ localizado na orelha média 3. peça de automóvel em forma de bigorna¹
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 bigorna
- bigornas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bigorna?
- Brazil /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/
- Brazil [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]
- /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bigorna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bigorna in Portuguese?
bigorna appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).