bonzo
Portuguese, noun/ˈbõ.zu/
bonzo is spelled B-O-N-Z-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonzo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bonze (Buddhist monk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “monge budista”.
What does bonzo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebonze (Buddhist monk)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. monge budista
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 bonzo
- bonzos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonzo?
- Brazil /ˈbõ.zu/
- Portugal /ˈbõ.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bonzo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bonzo in Portuguese?
bonzo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).