bocado
Portuguese, noun/boˈka.du/
bocado is spelled B-O-C-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bocado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mouthful (amount that fits in a mouth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “porção de alimento que se mete na boca de uma só vez”.
What does bocado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemouthful (amount that fits in a mouth)
- 2
masculinedelicacy (choice dish suggesting rarity and refinement)
- 3
masculineportion, bit
Tirei um bocado de bolo.
- 4
Portugalmasculinebit (a small amount of something)
Esperei apenas bocado de tempo.
- 5
Brazilmasculinea large amount of something
Um bocado de pessoas viu aquilo.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. porção de alimento que se mete na boca de uma só vez 2. pedaço de qualquer coisa 3. pouco tempo 4. parte do freio da cavalgadura que vai dentro da boca
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 bocado
- bocados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bocado?
- Brazil /boˈka.du/
- Brazil /buˈka.du/
- Portugal /buˈka.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bocado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bocado in Portuguese?
bocado appears 12 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).