bonina
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bonina, from Latin bonus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈnĩ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈni.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈni.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧na
Noun
bonina f (plural boninas)
- daisy
- Synonym: margarida
- (generalisation) any wildflower
- (Brazil) marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa)
- Synonyms: maravilha, belas-noites
Related terms
Further reading
- “bonina”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bonina”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026