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bombordo

Portuguese, noun/bõˈbɔʁ.du/

bombordo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “port (the left side of a ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lado do navio à esquerda de quem está virado para a proa”.

What does bombordo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineport (the left side of a ship)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. lado do navio à esquerda de quem está virado para a proa 2. o lado esquerdo:

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 bombordo

  • bombordos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bombordo?

  • Brazil /bõˈbɔʁ.du/
  • Brazil [bõˈbɔɦ.du]
  • Portugal /bõ.ˈboɾ.du/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bombordo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bombordo in Portuguese?

bombordo 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).