bonequinho
Portuguese, noun/bu.nɛˈkĩ.ɲu/
bonequinho is spelled B-O-N-E-Q-U-I-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonequinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a drawing such as a stick figure or the outline drawings seen on hazard signs, bathroom doors, and the like” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of boneco.
What does bonequinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of boneco
- 2
masculinea drawing such as a stick figure or the outline drawings seen on hazard signs, bathroom doors, and the like
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of bonequinho
- bonequinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonequinho?
- Brazil /bu.nɛˈkĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [bu.nɛˈkĩ.j̃u]
- Brazil /bo.nɛˈkĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bonequinho in Portuguese?
bonequinho 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).