bóia
Portuguese, noun
bóia is spelled B-Ó-I-A (4 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 30,465th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bóia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, boia is a different word: “float (buoyant device used to support something in water)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide boia”.
What does bóia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
verb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of boia; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
femininefloat (buoyant device used to support something in water)
- 2
femininebuoy, marker
- 3
feminineballcock (floating sphere that controls the level of liquid in a tank)
- 4
feminineinformalmeal
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 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. dispositivo flutuante 2. refeição, alimento preparado
noun: 1. vide boia
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 bóia
- boias plural
- bóia alternative
- bóias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bóia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bóia in Portuguese?
bóia appears 1.2 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).