how to pronounce bonito

/bəˈniːtoʊ/

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bonito is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of bonito in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… Colombian lugar muy bonito ma hace mucho …”

meanings of bonito

noun:

Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda, that are related to and resemble the tuna.
A large tropical fish, the skipjack tuna, allied to the tunny, Katsuwonus pelamis.
The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
The cobia or crab eater (Rachycentron canadum), an edible fish of warm waters globally.

bonito frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bonito occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bonito can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bonito can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) life, nature, and living environment;