buda
Portuguese, noun/ˈbu.dɐ/
buda is spelled B-U-D-A (4 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,032nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buda is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “buddha (enlightened human)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estatueta representando Sidarta Gautama, o fundador do budismo”.
What does buda mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuddha (enlightened human)
- 2
masculinebuddha (statue or image of the Buddha)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Shakyamuni Buddha, mestre filosófico e espiritual indiano fundador do budismo, de nome original Siddhartha Gautama 2. qualquer um dos Budas que aparecem nas escrituras budistas
noun: 1. estatueta representando Sidarta Gautama, o fundador do budismo
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 buda
- budas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce buda?
- Brazil /ˈbu.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbu.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈbu.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to buda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is buda in Portuguese?
buda appears 4.6 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).