bonança
Portuguese, noun/boˈnɐ̃.sɐ/
bonança is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “calm (weather condition)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mar tranquilo, apropriado para a navegação”.
What does bonança mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecalm (weather condition)
- 2
femininelull
- 3
femininepeace, tranquillity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mar tranquilo, apropriado para a navegação 2. tranquilidade
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 bonança
- bonanças plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonança?
- Brazil /boˈnɐ̃.sɐ/
- Portugal /buˈnɐ̃.sɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bonança in Portuguese?
bonança 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).