boneca
Portuguese, noun/buˈnɛ.kɐ/
boneca is spelled B-O-N-E-C-A (6 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,515th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boneca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “doll (a toy in the form of a human)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo”.
What does boneca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoll (a toy in the form of a human)
Brincar de boneca.
- 2
femininea very pretty or well-dressed woman
- 3
colloquialderogatoryfeminineflamer (homosexual male)
- 4
femininea ball or sack of cloth containing a substance, like dye, water or spices
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. figura de qualquer material que imita senhora ou menina utilizada como adorno ou brinquedo 2. pequeno chumaço de pano para aplicação de verniz 3. chucha de pano 4. tampão de madeira para resguardar o cano das espingardas
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 boneca
- bonecas plural
- bonecra alternative obsolete regional
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boneca?
- Brazil /buˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Brazil /boˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Portugal /buˈnɛ.kɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boneca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boneca in Portuguese?
boneca appears 9.8 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).