borbulhar

//buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ// verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,873

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

borbulhar is aPortugueseverb. It means: borbotar Pronounced /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/.

Key facts for borbulhar
PropertyValue
Headwordborbulhar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,873
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of borbulhar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for borbulhar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #81,873 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for borbulhar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is borbulhar, spelled B-O-R-B-U-L-H-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    borbotar
  2. 2
    sair em borbulhas, em bolhas
  3. 3
    cobrir-se de borbulhas
  4. 4
    formar cachão, fervendo
  5. 5
    sair em magotes, com ímpeto

Frequency rank: #81,873 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "borbulhar"?
"borbulhar" is spelled B-O-R-B-U-L-H-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/.
What does "borbulhar" mean?
As a verb, "borbulhar" means: borbotar
How do you pronounce "borbulhar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "borbulhar" is /buɾ.bu.ˈʎaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "borbulhar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.