bonito

Borrowed from Spanish bonito.

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• Rhymes: -iːtəʊ

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. [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.

2. 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:

     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.)

3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), 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.

• 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)

• skipjack
• tunny

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈɲi.tɔ/

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• Rhymes: -itɔ
• Syllabification: bo‧ni‧to
• Homophone: Bonito

bonito m animal (indeclinable)

1. bonito, skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

   Synonyms: bonito latający, bonito paskowany, tunek pasiasty, tuńczyk pasiasty, tuńczyk skoczek

• bonito in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to

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

bonito (feminine bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas, comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito or bonitíssimo, diminutive bonitinho, augmentative bonitão)

1. pretty, lovely

   Synonyms: belo, formoso

   Antonym: feio

• bom
• bonzinho

bonito (comparable, comparative mais bonito, superlative o mais bonito)

1. beautifully, in a beautiful way

   Ela canta bonito ― She sings beautifully

• Kabuverdianu: bunitu

Borrowed from Spanish bonito.

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

• IPA^(key): /boˈnito/ [boˈni.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: bo‧ni‧to

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

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

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

Borrowed from Arabic بَيْنِيث (baynīṯ).

bonito m (plural bonitos)

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

• “bonito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• bunito

Borrowed from Spanish bonito.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /boˈnito/ [boˈni.to]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: bo‧ni‧to

bonito (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈᜒᜆᜓ)

1. yellowfin tuna

   Synonym: tulingan

• “bonito” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “bunito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018