brother

Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾɔ.deʁ/

brother is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bro (close friend)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does brother mean in English?

noun

1
masculineslangbro (close friend)
Esse cara é o meu brother.

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

Forms of brother

brothers plural

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

How do you pronounce brother?

Brazil /ˈbɾɔ.deʁ/
Brazil [ˈbɾɔ.deh]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is brother in Portuguese?

brother appears 9.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).