bófia
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɔ.fjɐ/
bófia is spelled B-Ó-F-I-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bófia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “heat; the police” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “polícia”.
What does bófia mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalcolloquialfeminineheat; the police
noun
- 1
Portugalcolloquialfemininemasculinepolice officer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. polícia
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 bófia
- bófias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bófia?
- Brazil /ˈbɔ.fjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbɔ.fjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bófia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bófia in Portuguese?
bófia appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).