bosque
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɔs.ki/
bosque is spelled B-O-S-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bosque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grove (set of trees, shrubs and other plants, generally smaller than a forest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande arvoredo”.
What does bosque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrove (set of trees, shrubs and other plants, generally smaller than a forest)
- 2
masculinewoods (land covered with trees, often consisting of only a few plant species)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande arvoredo 2. mata
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 bosque
- bosques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bosque?
- Brazil /ˈbɔs.ki/
- /ˈbɔʃ.ki/
- Portugal /ˈbɔʃ.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bosque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bosque in Portuguese?
bosque appears 6.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).