borracho
Portuguese, noun/boˈʁa.ʃu/
borracho is spelled B-O-R-R-A-C-H-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Borracho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “drunk (an individual who is currently or often drunk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filhote de pombo que ainda não voa”.
What does borracho mean in English?
adjective
- 1
drunk (intoxicated by alcoholic beverages)
noun
- 1
masculinedrunk (an individual who is currently or often drunk)
- 2
masculinesquab (baby pigeon)
- 3
masculinesquab (meat of a young pigeon or dove)
- 4
masculinea Portuguese biscuit made with flour, eggs and white wine
- 5
masculinea physically attractive person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. bêbado, embriagado 2. beberrão; que bebe muito
noun: 1. filhote de pombo que ainda não voa 2. adolescente do sexo feminino atraente
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 borracho
- borracha feminine
- borrachos masculine plural
- borrachas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce borracho?
- Brazil /boˈʁa.ʃu/
- Brazil [boˈha.ʃu]
- /boˈʁa.ʃu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to borracho
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is borracho in Portuguese?
borracho appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).