bobagem
Portuguese, noun/boˈba.ʒẽj̃/
bobagem is spelled B-O-B-A-G-E-M (7 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nonsense, rubbish, rot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “asneira, tolice”.
What does bobagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininenonsense, rubbish, rot
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. asneira, tolice 2. comida gostosa, mas de má qualidade, de baixo valor nutritivo
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 bobagem
- bobagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bobagem?
- Brazil /boˈba.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [boˈba.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /buˈba.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bobagem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bobagem in Portuguese?
bobagem appears 6.5 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).