boga
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɔ.ɡɐ/
boga is spelled B-O-G-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 71,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boga is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “common designation, extended to different species of teleost fish from the Sparidae family of seabreams and porgies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe de mar da espécie Boops boops”.
What does boga mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommon designation, extended to different species of teleost fish from the Sparidae family of seabreams and porgies.
- 2
masculineIberian nase (Pseudochondrostoma polylepis)
- 3
masculinebogue (Boops boops)
- 4
BrazilmasculineMegaleporinus conirostris (syn. Leporinus conirostris)
- 5
BrazilmasculineSchizodon fasciatus
- 6
BrazilmasculineTrichomycterus rivulatus
- 7
masculinevulgaranus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe de mar da espécie Boops boops 2. ciprinídeo
noun: 1. ânus
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 boga
- bogas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boga?
- Brazil /ˈbɔ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbɔ.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ˈbɔ.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is boga in Portuguese?
boga appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).