bonito

From Spanish, from Arabic بَيْنِيت‎ (baynīt).

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.
2. A large tropical fish, the skipjack tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.
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)

• skipjack
• tunny

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.ˈni.tu/
• Hyphenation: bo‧ni‧to

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

bonito m (feminine singular bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas, comparable)

1. pretty, lovely

   Synonyms: belo, formoso

   Antonym: feio

• bom

bonito (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, from Arabic بَيْنِيت‎ (baynīt).

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): [βo̞ˈni.to̞]

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

bonito (feminine singular bonita, masculine plural bonitos, feminine plural bonitas) (superlative bonitísimo)

1. pretty, lovely

• bello
• chulo
• guapo
• lindo
• hermoso
• precioso

From Arabic بَيْنِيت‎ (baynīt).

bonito m (plural bonitos)

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