bombril
Portuguese, noun/bõˈbɾiw/
bombril is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “steel wool (pads of fine strips of steel used as an abrasive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “palha de aço que serve para limpeza”.
What does bombril mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinesteel wool (pads of fine strips of steel used as an abrasive)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. palha de aço que serve para limpeza
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 bombril
- bombris plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bombril?
- Brazil /bõˈbɾiw/
- Brazil [bõˈbɾiʊ̯]
- Portugal /bõˈbɾil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bombril in Portuguese?
bombril 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).