bonito
English
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editbonito (plural bonito or bonitos or bonitoes)
- Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna. [from 16th c.]
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:
- Mr Scott, the chief mate, being a capital fisherman, the table was almost daily furnished with an albacore, bonito, or dolphin, and not unfrequently with all three, which he struck with a gig.
- 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 165:
- A large tropical fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna), allied to the tunny.
- 2022 October 19, J. Kenji López-Alt, “What Kenji López-Alt Makes His Family for Dinner”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Making dashi is simple once you have katsuobushi (shaved, dried bonito flakes) and kombu (sea kelp), which have become increasingly easy to find across the United States. (You can also order them online.)
- The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
- The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.
Derived terms
edit- Australian bonito (Sarda australis)
- eastern Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis chiliensis)
- Pacific bonito (Sarda chiliensis lineolata)
- striped bonito (Sarda orientalis)
- Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)
- leaping bonito (Cybiosarda elegans)
- plain bonito (Orcynopsis unicolor)
- large bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis)
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editPolish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbonito m animal (indeclinable)
Further reading
edit- bonito in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to
Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Spanish bonito (“pretty, lovely”), a diminutive of bueno (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).
Adjective
editbonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas, comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito or bonitíssimo, diminutive bonitinho, augmentative bonitão)
Inflection
editsingular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
positive | bonito | bonita | bonitos | bonitas |
comparative | mais bonito | mais bonita | mais bonitos | mais bonitas |
superlative | bonitíssimo | bonitíssima | bonitíssimos | bonitíssimas |
augmentative | bonitão | bonitona | bonitões | bonitonas |
diminutive | bonitinho | bonitinha | bonitinhos | bonitinhas |
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editAdverb
editbonito (comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito)
- beautifully, in a beautiful way
- Ela canta bonito ― She sings beautifully
Descendants
edit- Kabuverdianu: bunitu
Etymology 2
editNoun
editbonito m (plural bonitos)
- various species of fish related to or sharing resemblance with the tuna, such as the albacore and the frigate tuna
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editDiminutive of bueno, without diphthong when "o" is not stressed; see -ito.
Adjective
editbonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas)
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Arabic بَيْنِيث (baynīṯ).
Noun
editbonito m (plural bonitos)
Further reading
edit- “bonito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /boˈnito/ [boˈn̪iː.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: bo‧ni‧to
Noun
editbonito (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈᜒᜆᜓ)
- yellowfin tuna
- Synonym: tulingan
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “bonito” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “bunito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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