bonzo

== English == === Noun === bonzo (plural bonzos) Alternative form of bonze (“Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia”). == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese bonzo. === Noun === bonzo m (plural bonzi) bonze (Buddhist monk) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Japanese 凡僧 (bonzō), from Middle Chinese 凡 (bjom "ordinary") + 僧 (song "Buddhist monk"). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bon‧zo === Noun === bonzo m (plural bonzos) bonze (Buddhist monk) === Further reading === “bonzo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bonzo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbonθo/ [ˈbõn̟.θo] (Spain) IPA(key): /ˈbonso/ [ˈbõn.so] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -onθo (Spain) Rhymes: -onso (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: bon‧zo === Noun === bonzo m (plural bonzos) bonze (Buddhist monk) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bonzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025