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bosquímano

Portuguese, noun/bosˈkĩ.ma.nu/

bosquímano is spelled B-O-S-Q-U-Í-M-A-N-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bosquímano is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Bushman; San (member of an ethnic group from southwest Africa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo da nação dos bosquímanos”.

What does bosquímano mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineBushman; San (member of an ethnic group from southwest Africa)

  2. 2

    masculineBushman; San (any of the Khoisian language spoken by the Bushmen)

adjective

  1. 1

    of the Bushmen people

  2. 2

    of the San languages

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente aos bosquímanos

noun: 1. indivíduo da nação dos bosquímanos

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 bosquímano

  • bosquímanos plural
  • bosquímana feminine
  • bosquímanas feminine plural
  • boxímane alternative
  • boxímano alternative
  • bosquímane alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bosquímano?

  • Brazil /bosˈkĩ.ma.nu/
  • /boʃˈkĩ.ma.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bosquímano

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bosquímano in Portuguese?

bosquímano appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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