Polyglot Dictionary

ônibus

/ˈõnibus/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. bus (Brazil)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

ómnibus

Spanish ómnibus and Brazilian Portuguese ônibus are direct cognates, both meaning 'bus' -- ómnibus is a more formal or old-fashioned word in Spanish, while ônibus is the everyday word for bus in Brazil.

Practice

1 What does ônibus mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ está atrasado.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ônibus?

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