brócoli

See also: brocoli and bròcoli

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, from brocco (“shoot, sprout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾokoli/ [ˈbɾo.ko.li]
• Rhymes: -okoli

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: bró‧co‧li

Noun

brócoli m (plural brócolis)

1. broccoli

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, from brocco (“shoot, sprout”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾɔ.ko.li/

• Hyphenation: bró‧co‧li

Noun

brócoli m (plural brócolis)

1. (Brazil) alternative form of brócolis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, from brocco (“shoot, sprout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾokoli/ [ˈbɾo.ko.li]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -okoli
• Syllabification: bró‧co‧li

Noun

brócoli m (plural brócolis)

1. broccoli

   Alternative forms: (Spain, Caribbean) brécol, (archaic, dialectal) bróculi, brócol, brócul, bróquil

Further reading

• “brócoli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025