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brownie

Portuguese, noun/ˈbɾaw.ni/

brownie is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brownie (type of small chocolate cake)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de bolinho”.

What does brownie mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebrownie (type of small chocolate cake)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. espécie de bolinho

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 brownie

  • brownies plural

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

How do you pronounce brownie?

  • Brazil /ˈbɾaw.ni/
  • Brazil [ˈbɾaʊ̯.ni]
  • Portugal /ˈbɾaw.ni/

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

English words that translate to brownie

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

How common is brownie in Portuguese?

brownie appears 1.1 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).