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bônus

Portuguese, noun

bônus is spelled B-Ô-N-U-S (5 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,260th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bônus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of bónus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, bónus is a different word: “bonus”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que bónus”.

What does bônus mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of bónus

noun

as bónus
  1. 1

    masculinebonus

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. bonificação 2. aquilo que vem de acréscimo; mais do que se esperava 3. a parte boa de um negócio ou relação pessoal, comercial, financeira, profissional, etc

noun: 1. o mesmo que bónus

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 bônus

  • bônus alternative Brazil

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to bônus

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bônus in Portuguese?

bônus appears 10 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).

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