borrachão
Portuguese, noun/bo.ʁaˈʃɐ̃w̃/
borrachão is spelled B-O-R-R-A-C-H-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese, the 151,527th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borrachão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a type of horn used as a container for beverages” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of borracha.
What does borrachão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of borracha
- 2
masculinea type of horn used as a container for beverages
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculinedrunk; alcoholic (person who is habitually drunk)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of borrachão
- borrachões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borrachão?
- Brazil /bo.ʁaˈʃɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bo.haˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borrachão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borrachão in Portuguese?
borrachão appears about once in every 27 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).