bonito
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -iːtəʊ
NounEdit
bonito (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, the skipjack tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.
- 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 termsEdit
- 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)
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Spanish bonito (“pretty, lovely”), a diminutive of bueno (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”).
AdjectiveEdit
bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas, comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito or bonitíssimo, diminutive bonitinho, augmentative bonitão)
Related termsEdit
AdverbEdit
bonito (comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito)
- beautifully, in a beautiful way
- Ela canta bonito ― She sings beautifully
DescendantsEdit
- Kabuverdianu: bunitu
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Spanish bonito, from Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).
NounEdit
bonito m (plural bonitos)
- various species of fish related to or sharing resemblance with the tuna, such as the albacore and the frigate tuna
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Diminutive of bueno, without diphthong when "o" is not stressed; see -ito.
AdjectiveEdit
bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas)
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Arabic بَيْنِيت (baynīt).
NounEdit
bonito m (plural bonitos)
Further readingEdit
- “bonito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014