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bobina

Portuguese, noun/boˈbĩ.nɐ/

bobina is spelled B-O-B-I-N-A (6 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bobina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “spool; bobbin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of bobinar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequeno cilindro de madeira ou metal para enrolar fio”.

What does bobina mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininespool; bobbin

  2. 2

    femininecoil

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pequeno cilindro de madeira ou metal para enrolar fio 2. carretel em que se enrolam fitas ou películas 3. rolo de papel contínuo (normalmente de grande dimensão), para impressões tipográficas de grande tiragem 4. carrinho, carretel

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 bobina

  • bobinas plural
  • bobine alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bobina?

  • Brazil /boˈbĩ.nɐ/
  • Portugal /bɔˈbi.nɐ/
  • Portugal [bɔˈβi.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 bobina

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bobina in Portuguese?

bobina appears 1.4 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).

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