broche
Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾɔ.ʃi/
broche is spelled B-R-O-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 33,314th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Broche is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brooch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of brochar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “adereço com as funções de fecho usado pelas mulheres para prenderem qualquer peça de vestuário junto ao…”.
What does broche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebrooch
- 2
masculineclasp
- 3
Portugalmasculinevulgarblowjob
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. adereço com as funções de fecho usado pelas mulheres para prenderem qualquer peça de vestuário junto ao pescoço 2. colchete que se prega nos livros para os ter fechados 3. fivela das ligas 4. sexo oral realizado no pênis
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 broche
- broches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce broche?
- Brazil /ˈbɾɔ.ʃi/
- Portugal /ˈbɾɔ.ʃɨ/
- Portugal /ˈbɾɔt.ʃɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to broche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is broche in Portuguese?
broche appears 1.0 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).