Bc.
Portuguese, noun
Bc. is spelled B-C (2 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,840th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bc. is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of beco (“alleyway”) (used in street names)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Bc. mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of beco (“alleyway”) (used in street names)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. sigla de Banco Central
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bc.
- B. alternative
- B.º alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Bc. in Portuguese?
Bc. appears 4.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).