bornal
Portuguese, noun/boʁˈnaw/
bornal is spelled B-O-R-N-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bornal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sack for carrying food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “saco de pano ou couro usado a tiracolo”.
What does bornal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesack for carrying food
- 2
masculinesack fastened around the neck of an animal such as a horse for it to be fed
- 3
informalmasculinethe anus
- 4
informalmasculinea woman with a bad reputation
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. saco de pano ou couro usado a tiracolo 2. saco usado para se pôr ração no focinho de animais como o cavalo e o jumento
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 bornal
- bornais plural
- embornal alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bornal?
- Brazil /boʁˈnaw/
- Brazil [boɦˈnaʊ̯]
- /boɾˈnaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bornal in Portuguese?
bornal appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).