bordel
Portuguese, noun/boʁˈdɛw/
bordel is spelled B-O-R-D-E-L (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bordel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brothel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prostíbulo; casa onde se pratica a prostituição”.
What does bordel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrothel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prostíbulo; casa onde se pratica a prostituição
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 bordel
- bordéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bordel?
- Brazil /boʁˈdɛw/
- Brazil [boɦˈdɛʊ̯]
- /boɾˈdɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bordel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bordel in Portuguese?
bordel appears 1.8 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).