bunho
Portuguese, noun/ˈbũ.ɲu/
bunho is spelled B-U-N-H-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese, the 211,654th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bunho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Schoenoplectus lacustris (lakeshore bulrush, common club-rush)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “junco, (Schoenoplectus lacustris)”.
What does bunho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineSchoenoplectus lacustris (lakeshore bulrush, common club-rush)
- 2
masculineTypha domingensis (southern cattail, cumbungi)
- 3
masculinetoy or contraption made by children
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. junco, (Schoenoplectus lacustris)
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 bunho
- bunhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bunho?
- Brazil /ˈbũ.ɲu/
- Brazil [ˈbũ.j̃u]
- Portugal /ˈbu.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bunho in Portuguese?
bunho appears about once in every 58 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).