bolonhesa
Portuguese, noun/bo.lõˈɲe.zɐ/
bolonhesa is spelled B-O-L-O-N-H-E-S-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,221st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bolonhesa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “female equivalent of bolonhês” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of bolonhês. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “feminino de bolonhês”.
What does bolonhesa mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bolonhês
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of bolonhês
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. feminino de bolonhês
noun: 1. feminino de bolonhês
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 bolonhesa
- bolonhesas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bolonhesa?
- Brazil /bo.lõˈɲe.zɐ/
- Brazil [bo.lõˈj̃e.zɐ]
- Portugal /bu.luˈɲe.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bolonhesa in Portuguese?
bolonhesa appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).