bisnaga
Portuguese, noun/bizˈna.ɡɐ/
bisnaga is spelled B-I-S-N-A-G-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,181st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisnaga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “toothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta umbelífera”.
What does bisnaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetoothpickweed, khella (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga)
- 2
femininesquirt gun
- 3
femininetube (often containing paste-like substances)
- 4
Brazilfemininerefers to some types of bread, especially French bread
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta umbelífera
noun: 1. tubo de folha de chumbo, cheio de água aromática, e que, comprimido, borrifa a gente, em folganças de Carnaval 2. tubo com fórmula medicamentosa, especialmente para limpeza dos dentes
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 bisnaga
- bisnagas plural
- bisnaca alternative obsolete
- visnaga alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bisnaga?
- Brazil /bizˈna.ɡɐ/
- /biʒˈna.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /biʒˈna.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bisnaga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bisnaga in Portuguese?
bisnaga appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).