boneco

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Esperanto

Etymology

From bona (good) +‎ -eco.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -et͡so
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧co

Noun

boneco (uncountable, accusative bonecon)

  1. goodness
    Antonym: malboneco

Portuguese

Boneco

Etymology

From boneca (doll).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɛku
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ne‧co

Noun

boneco m (plural bonecos)

  1. doll (of a male human character or animal)
  2. dummy
  3. stick figure
  4. puppet (small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods)
    Synonyms: fantoche, marioneta
  5. (figurative, by extension) puppet (manipulable person)
  6. (television, in the plural) cartoons
    • 2008, Lincoln Nery, Batman A Trajetória, Clube de Autores, page 501:
      Em 1999, surge a série de bonecos Batman Beyond, sem nem mesmo a série ser exibida em um canal aberto, ela só passava no Warner Channel, mais uma vez, uma porrada de Batman, onde o dificil era encontrar um que se parecesse ...
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