brecha
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾɛ.ʃɐ/
brecha is spelled B-R-E-C-H-A (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,528th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brecha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “breach, gap (opening allowing passage or entrance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “furo, falha”.
What does brecha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebreach, gap (opening allowing passage or entrance)
- 2
femininefissure
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. furo, falha 2. lacuna
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 brecha
- brechas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brecha?
- Brazil /ˈbɾɛ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbɾɛ.ʃɐ/
- Portugal /ˈbɾɛt.ʃɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brecha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brecha in Portuguese?
brecha appears 3.5 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).