branquelo
Portuguese, noun
branquelo is spelled B-R-A-N-Q-U-E-L-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Branquelo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “whiteboy, cracker (white person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa de pele branca de origem caucasiana”.
What does branquelo mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryinformalmasculinewhiteboy, cracker (white person)
adjective
- 1
derogatoryinformalhaving a very pale skin
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa de pele branca de origem caucasiana
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 branquelo
- branquelos plural
- branquela feminine
- branquelas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to branquelo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is branquelo in Portuguese?
branquelo appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).