branco
Meaning
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- (masculine) white (color)
- (masculine) white (color)
- (Brazil,informal,masculine) blackout (failure in recalling something)
- (abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,masculine) Ellipsis of vinho branco.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
bran‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɾɐ̃.ku/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus with regular dissimilation of -l- to -r- after a consonant. Compare Galician branco, Spanish blanco. Doublet of Bianca, a name borrowed from Italian.
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