bofinho
Portuguese, noun/bɔˈfĩ.ɲu/
bofinho is spelled B-O-F-I-N-H-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bofinho is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tomboy, butch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of bofe.
What does bofinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinediminutive of bofe
- 2
femininemasculinetomboy, butch
- 3
femininemasculineboyish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of bofinho
- bofinhos plural
- bofinha feminine
- bofinhas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bofinho?
- Brazil /bɔˈfĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [bɔˈfĩ.j̃u]
- Portugal /bɔˈfi.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bofinho in Portuguese?
bofinho appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).