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bronco

Portuguese, adjective/ˈbɾõ.ku/

bronco is spelled B-R-O-N-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,402nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bronco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “obtuse, dumb (intellectually dull)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tosco, sem desbastar”.

What does bronco mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    obtuse, dumb (intellectually dull)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. tosco, sem desbastar 2. rude 3. áspero, sem polimento 4. rústico

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 bronco

  • bronca feminine
  • broncos masculine plural
  • broncas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bronco?

  • Brazil /ˈbɾõ.ku/
  • Portugal /ˈbɾõ.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 bronco

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bronco in Portuguese?

bronco 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).

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