bonito

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Spanish, from Arabic بينيت (bainīt).

Noun

bonito (plural bonito or bonitos or bonitoes)

1. Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.
2. A large tropical fish, the skipjack, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis or Orcynus pelamys.
3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Translations

fish of Sarda

• Bulgarian: паламуд (bg) (palamud) m
• Indonesian: bonito (id)
• Japanese: 鰹, カツオ (かつお, katsuo) commonly written in katakana or kanji

• Romanian: bonită (ro) f, pălămidă (ro) f
• Spanish: sarda (es)
• Turkish: torik

See also

• skipjack
• tunny

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin bonus

Adjective

bonito m (feminine bonita plural bonitos feminine plural bonitas; comparable)

1. pretty, lovely.

Inflection

  Inflection of the Portuguese adjective bonito

• Adjectives with this inflection include: bonito, cuidadoso, perfeito.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	bonito	bonita	bonitos	bonitas
comparative	mais bonito	mais bonita	mais bonitos	mais bonitas
superlative	o mais bonito bonitíssimo Augmentative: bonitão Diminutive: bonitinho	a mais bonita bonitíssima Augmentative: bonitona Diminutive: bonitinha	os mais bonitos bonitíssimos Augmentative: bonitões Diminutive: bonitinhos	as mais bonitas bonitíssimas Augmentative: bonitonas Diminutive: bonitinhas

Noun

bonito m (plural bonitos)

1. Various species of fish related to or sharing resemblance with the tuna, such as the albacore and the frigate tuna.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [βo̞ˈni.to̞]

Etymology 1

Diminutive of bueno, without diphthong when "o" is not stressed; see -ito

Adjective

bonito m (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas)

1. pretty, lovely

See also

• bello
• guapo
• lindo
• hermoso
• precioso

Etymology 2

From Arabic بينيت (bainīt).

Noun

bonito m (plural bonitos)

1. (fish) tuna; bonito
2. (fish) skipjack