broxar
Portuguese, verb/bɾoˈʃa(ʁ)/
broxar is spelled B-R-O-X-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Broxar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fail to get or maintain a penile erection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “perder, ocasional ou definitivamente, a potência sexual; tornar-se broxa”.
What does broxar mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilvulgarto fail to get or maintain a penile erection
- 2
Brazilinformalto turn off (lose or cause to lose sexual arousal or interest in general)
- 3
rareto paint with a brush
Ele broxou a parede.
- 4
alternative spelling of brochar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. perder, ocasional ou definitivamente, a potência sexual; tornar-se broxa 2. perder o entusiasmo; desanimar 3. pincelar, pintar com broxa
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 broxar
- broxo first-person present singular
- broxei first-person preterite singular
- broxado participle past
- broxares infinitive second-person singular
- broxarmos first-person infinitive plural
- broxardes infinitive plural second-person
- broxarem infinitive plural third-person
- broxando gerund
- broxados masculine participle past
- broxada feminine participle past
- broxadas feminine participle past
- broxas indicative present second-person
- broxa indicative present singular
- broxamos first-person indicative plural
- broxais indicative plural present
- broxam indicative plural present
- broxava first-person imperfect indicative
- broxavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce broxar?
- Brazil /bɾoˈʃa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [bɾoˈʃa(h)]
- /bɾoˈʃa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is broxar in Portuguese?
broxar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).