bonde
Portuguese, noun/ˈbõ.d͡ʒi/
bonde is spelled B-O-N-D-E (5 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonde is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tramway, streetcar, cable car” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título da dívida pública pagável ao portador”.
What does bonde mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilarchaicmasculinebond
- 2
Brazilmasculinetramway, streetcar, cable car
- 3
Brazilmasculineslanggroup of friends; gang
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título da dívida pública pagável ao portador 2. meio de transporte urbano, movido a eletricidade e sobre trilhos de ferro 3. mulher de aparência desagradável
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 bonde
- bondes plural
- bond alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonde?
- Brazil /ˈbõ.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil /ˈbõⁿ.ʤɪ/
- Brazil /"bo~_N.dZI/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonde in Portuguese?
bonde appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).