borduna
Portuguese, noun/boʁˈdũ.nɐ/
borduna is spelled B-O-R-D-U-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese, the 248,872nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borduna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “A type of club used as an attack weapon amongst various Indigenous groups of Brazil, made of a cylindrical wooden shaft” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does borduna mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineA type of club used as an attack weapon amongst various Indigenous groups of Brazil, made of a cylindrical wooden shaft.
- 2
feminineany thick and heavy stick
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of borduna
- bordunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borduna?
- Brazil /boʁˈdũ.nɐ/
- Brazil [boɦˈdũ.nɐ]
- /boɾˈdũ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is borduna in Portuguese?
borduna appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).