bum
Portuguese, noun/ˈbũ/
bum is spelled B-U-M (3 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,472nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “boom (a rapid expansion or increase)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “som de uma explosão”.
What does bum mean in English?
interjection
- 1
boom (sound of explosion)
noun
- 1
masculineboom (a rapid expansion or increase)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. som de uma explosão
noun: 1. som de uma explosão
noun: 1. crescimento
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 bum
- bum! canonical
- buns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bum?
- Brazil /ˈbũ/
- Portugal /ˈbũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bum in Portuguese?
bum appears 3.2 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).