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See also:Bro,bro.,-bro,bró,andбро

Translingual

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bro

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forBrokkat.

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

Clipping ofbrother, Cf.scro.

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Noun

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bro (pluralbros)

  1. (slang)Brother (amalesibling).
    My mom took my lil'bro to soccer practice now and she wanted me to pick him up.
  2. (slang)Brother(acomrade orfriend; one who shares one’sideals).
    Bro, you good? You've been lookin' kinda out of it lately.
    • 2022 April 5, “A$AP Rocky: Will Smith 'emasculated' Chris Rock but 'it's more than just a GI Jane joke'”, inCele|bitchy‎[1]:
      Let’s not kid ourselves – there are plenty of men saying that Will has been emasculated by Jada, because hurr durr why would he hit abro over a woman.
  4. (slang)Brother,my man, good sir;a friendlyterm of address for a male.
    Near-synonym:man
    Heybro, sorry to bother you but I think I accidentally backed up into your car — can Imake it up to you?
  5. (slang) Afrat boy or someone who espouses thefraternitybro culture.
  6. (slang, derogatory, usually in compounds) Someone, usually male, who aggressivelyevangelizes a person, concept or technology.
    • 2021 May 25, Edward-Isaac Dovere,Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump, Penguin,→ISBN, page152:
      Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of ObamaBros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run.
    • 2022 September 14, Brian Culp,Electric Cars For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons,→ISBN, page11:
      One of these cars has 707 horsepower, performs amazingly well on a drag strip, and is popular among performance carbros. The other car is about to easily win a drag race.
    • 2024 May 23, ego_bot,There's Something Weird Going On: Ten Stories of Existentialist Science Fiction, ego_bot,→ISBN:
      He'd seen that false equivalency coming from AIbros time and time again, but hearing it from an AI itself was especially irritating.

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Translations

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male sibling—seebrother
diminutive ofbrother
male comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals
used to address a male

Pronoun

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bro (third-person singular, masculine, nominative or objective case)

  1. (slang, originally African-American Vernacular) A person previously mentioned, usually male.Chiefly equivalent tohe andhim.
    Bro said hefinna go off today
    You gotta go up tobro and say, "I know what you mean"
    Bro doesn't pay rent; the rent paysbro.

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Anagrams

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Breton

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Etymology

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FromProto-Brythonic*broɣ, fromProto-Celtic*mrogis.

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Noun

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bro f (pluralbroioù)

  1. country (-side)

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Mutation ofbro
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singularbrovrounchangedpro
pluralbroioùvroioùunchangedproioù

Cornish

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Etymology

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FromProto-Brythonic*broɣ, fromProto-Celtic*mrogis. Cognate withBretonbro

Noun

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bro f (pluralbroyow)

  1. country,land

Mutation

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Mutation ofbro
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
brovrounchangedprofrovro

Danish

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Etymology

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FromOld Danishbro, fromOld East Norsebrō, fromProto-Germanic*brūwō(“bridge; brow”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰruh-(“beam, bridge”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /broː/,[b̥ʁoːˀ]

Noun

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bro c (singular definitebroen,plural indefinitebroer)

  1. bridge

Inflection

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Declension ofbro
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativebrobroenbroerbroerne
genitivebrosbroensbroersbroernes

Descendants

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  • Norwegian Bokmål:bro

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Gallo

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

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bro m (pluralbros)

  1. thorn

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishbro. First attested in 2019.

Noun

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bro m (invariable)

  1. (slang)bro(a male comrade or friend)
    Synonym:fra

Kalasha

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Etymology

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FromSanskritबृहत्(bṛhat,“lofty, high, tall”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰérǵʰonts. Cognate withPersianبلند(boland),Englishborough.

Noun

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bro

  1. mountaintop,peak
  2. succession ofpeaks which make up aridge

Norman

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

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bro m (pluralbros)

  1. (Jersey)pitcher

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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FromDanishbro, fromOld Danishbro, fromOld East Norsebrō, fromProto-Germanic*brōwō(“bridge; brow”), possibly fromProto-Indo-European*bʰruH-(“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as*h₃bʰrúHs(“(eye)brow”), whencebrun. Close cognate withSwedishbro. Compare also Norwegianbru(“bridge”) andIcelandicbrú(“bridge”), from Proto-Germanic*brū-.

Noun

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bro f orm (definite singularbroaorbroen,indefinite pluralbroer,definite pluralbroene)

  1. bridge

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishbro.

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bro m (pluralbros)

  1. (colloquial)bro(a male comrade or friend)
  2. (colloquial)bro(used to address a male)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishbro.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾo/[ˈbɾo]
  • Rhymes:-o
  • Syllabification:bro

Noun

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bro m (pluralbros)

  1. (slang)bro(a male comrade or friend)
  2. (slang)bro(used to address a male)

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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FromEnglishblow.

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Verb

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bro

  1. Toblow, to produceaircurrents.
  2. Tobreathe.
    • 1936,Melville J. Herskovits, Frances S. Herskovits,Suriname folk-lore‎[2], New York: Columbia University Press, page424:
      Bɔfru dɛ krei̯, Dia dɛ krei̯, Tamanwa 'ɛ krei̯. Nō mō ala den meti 'ɛ gowe wą' wą'. Nō mō Hagu drapɛ, 'ɛ bari, ‘Bia, bia, bia, / Mi yɛre suma dɛdɛ, / Ma karaki dɛbro.’
      [Bofru e krei, Dia e krei, Tamanwa e krei. Nomo ala den meti e gwe wanwan. Nomo Agu drape e bari, 'Bia, bia, bia / Mi yere suma dede / Ma karaki ebro.']
      Buffalo was crying, Deer was crying, Anteater was crying. No sooner did all the animals go away one by one, than Hog called out, ‘Bia,bia,bia, / I hear a person died, / But his backsidebreathes.’

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bro

  1. breath

Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld East Norsebrō, fromProto-Germanic*brōwō(“bridge; brow”), possibly fromProto-Indo-European*bʰruH-(“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as*h₃bʰrúHs(“(eye)brow”), whencebryn. CompareNorwegian Bokmålbro,Icelandicbrú(“bridge”).

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bro c

  1. bridge (a construction that spans a divide)
    Stan mellanbroarna
    The town between the bridges (Stockholm old town)
    Släpp ingen djävul överbron, håll ut en stund ännu!
    Let no devil across the bridge, hold out yet a while!
  2. road bank (a road reenforced with stone or timber, in particular across wetlands)
  3. quay
    Synonyms:brygga,skeppsbro
  4. porch
    Synonym:förstubro
    Jag får min motion när jag går ifrånbron och till vår garageuppfart.
    I get my exercise when I walk from the porch to our driveway.

Declension

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Declension ofbro
nominativegenitive
singularindefinitebrobros
definitebronbrons
pluralindefinitebroarbroars
definitebroarnabroarnas

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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FromEnglishbro.

Pronunciation

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  • (Hà Nội)IPA(key): [ʔɓɹo˧˧],[ʔɓəː˨˩ zo˧˧]
  • (Huế)IPA(key): [ʔɓɹow˧˧],[ʔɓəː˦˩ ʐow˧˧]
  • (Saigon)IPA(key): [ʔɓɹow˧˧],[ʔɓəː˨˩ ɹow˧˧]
  • Phonetic spelling: brô, bờ rô

Pronoun

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bro

  1. (slang, Vietnam)bro(used to address a person (presumably) around the same age, usually male)
    cácbro
    youbros
    broấy
    he (thatbro)
    • 2021 September 6, Koi Koi, “Bất ngờ bài 'nhạc Thái' lọt top trending cao nhưng hoá ra của ca sĩ Việt, nghe vui xả stress được khen ngợi hết lời! ["Thai" song unexpectedly shoots into the top trending list but turns out to be by Vietnamese singer; listen to relieve your stress; speechlessly recommend!]”, inKênh 14‎[3], Hanoi: VCCorp, retrieved2023-03-07:
      Mùa dịch này làm mấy bài vui vẻ này hợp lý quábro ơi.
      This pandemic season makes these joyful songs so appropriate,bro.
    • 2022 August 5, Ngọc Nguyễn, “Lương Minh Trang và Vinh Râu thăng hạng visual, xưng hô thân thiết”, inThể thao & Văn hóa‎[4], Hanoi: Vietnam News Agency, archived fromthe original on8 March 2023:
      Trước đấy, khi được hỏi về mối quan hệ với "vợ cũ" Lương Minh Trang, Vinh Râu không ngần ngại thừa nhận: "Chúng tôi làm tri kỷ và thường xưng hô bằngbro".
      Earlier, when asked about his relationship with his "ex" Lương Minh Trang, Vinh Râu admits, without hesitation: "We are confidants and often address each other asbro".
    • 2022 December 21, Quang Vũ, “Tóc Tiên, JustaTee hẹn fan 'cháy' cùng lễ hội Noel siêu hoành tráng tại Hà Nội [Tóc Tiên, JustaTee promises fans they'll be "on fire" at a super large-scale Christmas festival in Hanoi]”, inThể thao & Văn hóa‎[5], Hanoi: Vietnam News Agency, retrieved2023-03-07:
      Giờ thì mau mau chuẩn bị lên đồ và set kèo với hội bạn để "quẩy" tung Hà Nội cùng Tóc Tiên, JustaTee, Huy DX và BNUTs thôi nào cácbro ơi!
      Now hurry up and prepare to set a bet with your friends to "hang out" in Hanoi with Tóc Tiên, JustaTee, Huy DX and BNUTs,bro!

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Welsh

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Welshbro, fromProto-Brythonic*broɣ, fromProto-Celtic*mrogis. Cognate withOld Irishmruig. Cognate with Britonbro.

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bro f (pluralbröyddorbrofydd)

  1. region,country,land,neighbourhood, nativehaunt
  2. border,limit,boundary,march
  3. vale,lowland,champaign

Mutation

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Mutated forms ofbro
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
brofromrounchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bro”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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