bornal

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• embornal

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boʁˈnaw/ [boɦˈnaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boʁˈnaw/ [boɦˈnaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /boɾˈnaw/ [boɾˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /boʁˈnaw/ [boʁˈnaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boɻˈnaw/ [boɻˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buɾˈnal/ [buɾˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buɾˈnal/ [buɾˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buɾˈna.li/

• Rhymes: -aw, -al
• Hyphenation: bor‧nal

Noun

bornal m (plural bornais)

1. sack for carrying food
2. sack fastened around the neck of an animal such as a horse for it to be fed
3. (informal) the anus
4. (informal) a woman with a bad reputation

Further reading

• “bornal”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “bornal”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “bornal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “bornal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bornal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “bornal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024