bojo
Portuguese, noun/ˈbo.ʒu/
bojo is spelled B-O-J-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bojo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bulge (something sticking out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of bojar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barriga grande”.
What does bojo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebulge (something sticking out)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of bojar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barriga grande 2. saliência arredondada 3. capacidade 4. parte mais larga arredondada e convexa de um navio; encontro entre o fundo da embarcação e a parte vertical da carena
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 bojo
- bojos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bojo?
- Brazil /ˈbo.ʒu/
- Portugal /ˈbo.ʒu/
- Brazil /ˈbɔ.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bojo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bojo in Portuguese?
bojo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).