ossobuco
Portuguese, noun/o.soˈbu.ku/
ossobuco is spelled O-S-S-O-B-U-C-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ossobuco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “osso buco (Italian meat dish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comida de origem italiana, chambão de vitela cortado em rodelas com o osso no centro”.
What does ossobuco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineosso buco (Italian meat dish)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comida de origem italiana, chambão de vitela cortado em rodelas com o osso no centro
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 ossobuco
- ossobucos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ossobuco?
- Brazil /o.soˈbu.ku/
- Portugal /ɔ.sɔˈbu.ku/
- Portugal [ɔ.sɔˈβu.ku]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ossobuco in Portuguese?
ossobuco appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).