boreste
Portuguese, noun/boˈɾɛs.t͡ʃi/
boreste is spelled B-O-R-E-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 98,532nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boreste is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “starboard (right-hand side of a vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lado do navio à direita de quem olha da popa para a proa”.
What does boreste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestarboard (right-hand side of a vessel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lado do navio à direita de quem olha da popa para a proa
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 boreste
- borestes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce boreste?
- Brazil /boˈɾɛs.t͡ʃi/
- /boˈɾɛʃ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /buˈɾɛʃ.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to boreste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boreste in Portuguese?
boreste appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).