bonito

See also: Bonito

English

Etymology

From Spanish, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

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 tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.
3. The medregal (), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
4. The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.

Derived terms

• Australian bonito ()
• Eastern Pacific bonito ()
• Pacific bonito ()
• striped bonito ()
• Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)
• leaping bonito ()
• plain bonito ()

Translations

fish of Sarda

• Bulgarian: паламуд m (palamud)
• Finnish: sarda (fi)
• Greek: παλαμίδα (el) f (palamída)

  Ancient: ἀμία m (amía)

• Indonesian: bonito
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• Italian: palamita f
• Japanese: 鰹 (ja), カツオ (かつお, katsuo) (commonly written in katakana or kanji)
• Romanian: bonită f, pălămidă (ro) f
• Spanish: sarda (es)
• Turkish: torik (tr), palamut (tr)

Katsuwonus pelamis — see skipjack tuna

See also

• skipjack
• tunny

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈni.tu/
• IPA^(key): /bu.ˈni.tu/, /bo.ˈni.tu/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish bonito (“pretty, lovely”), a diminutive of bueno (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).

Adjective

1. pretty, lovely

   Synonyms: belo, formoso

   Antonym: feio

Related terms

• bom

Adverb

bonito

1. beautifully, in a beautiful way

   Ela canta bonito - She sings beautifully

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: bunitu

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).

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^(key): /boˈnito/ [boˈni.t̪o]

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas) (superlative bonitísimo)

1. pretty
2. nice, lovely, cute, sweet, fine, charming, great

Derived terms

• niña bonita

See also

• bello
• chulo
• guapo
• lindo
• hermoso
• precioso

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).

Noun

bonito m (plural bonitos)

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