bonachão
Portuguese, noun/bo.naˈʃɐ̃w̃/
bonachão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “someone exhibiting such characteristics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does bonachão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
naturally kind, ingenuous, and patient
noun
- 1
masculinesomeone exhibiting such characteristics
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bondoso
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 bonachão
- bonachona feminine
- bonachões masculine plural
- bonachonas feminine plural
- bonacheirão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonachão?
- Brazil /bo.naˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bo.naˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bu.nɐˈʃɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bonachão in Portuguese?
bonachão appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).