brinco
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾĩ.ku/
brinco is spelled B-R-I-N-C-O (6 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,457th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brinco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “earring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of brincar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “jogo de crianças, divertimento, folguedo”.
What does brinco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineearring
- 2
masculinesomething impeccably clean; spotless
A casa está um brinco.
- 3
masculinefrolic, fun, merriment
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of brincar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jogo de crianças, divertimento, folguedo 2. adorno usado na orelha, podendo ser perfurante ou de pressão
noun: 1. primor no acabamento 2. primor na arrumação e/ou limpeza
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 brinco
- brincos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brinco?
- Brazil /ˈbɾĩ.ku/
- Portugal /ˈbɾĩ.ku/
- Brazil /ˈbɾĩj.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brinco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brinco in Portuguese?
brinco appears 4.4 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).