borracho

Asturian

Adjective

borracho

1. neuter of borrachu

Ladino

Adjective

borracho (Latin spelling, feminine borracha)

1. Alternative form of boracho

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish borracho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈʁa.ʃu/ [boˈha.ʃu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈʁa.ʃu/ [boˈha.ʃu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /boˈʁa.ʃu/ [boˈχa.ʃu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈʁa.ʃo/ [boˈha.ʃo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʁa.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʁa.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʁa.t͡ʃu/

• Rhymes: -aʃu, (Northern Portugal) -at͡ʃu
• Hyphenation: bor‧ra‧cho

Adjective

borracho (feminine borracha, masculine plural borrachos, feminine plural borrachas)

1. drunk (intoxicated by alcoholic beverages)

   Synonyms: bêbado, bêbedo, ébrio, inebriado, embriagado

Noun

borracho m (plural borrachos)

1. drunk (an individual who is currently or often drunk)
2. squab (baby pigeon)
3. squab (meat of a young pigeon or dove)
4. a Portuguese biscuit made with flour, eggs and white wine
5. a physically attractive person

Further reading

• “borracho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “borracho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “borracho” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “borracho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From borracha, possibly from Catalan morratxa, with influence from botella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈrat͡ʃo/ [boˈra.t͡ʃo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: bo‧rra‧cho

Adjective

borracho (feminine borracha, masculine plural borrachos, feminine plural borrachas)

1. drunk, inebriated

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

Noun

borracho m (plural borrachos, feminine borracha, feminine plural borrachas)

1. drunkard

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

Derived terms

• borrachazo
• borrachera
• borrachero
• borrachín
• borracho como una cuba
• borrachuzo
• emborrachar
• ni borracho
• palo borracho

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: burat
• → Catalan: borratxo
• → Chamorro: bolacho
• → English: borachio
• → Portuguese: borracho

Further reading

• “borracho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014