branco
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Abbreviation of brancardier.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
branco m (plural brancos)
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
branco m (feminine singular branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)
- white (colour)
See also[edit]
branco | gris | negro |
vermello; carmín | laranxa; castaño, marrón | amarelo; crema |
verde lima | verde | menta; verde escuro |
ciano; azul verdoso | cerúleo | azul |
violeta; anil | maxenta; púrpura | rosa |
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From branca.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
branco m (plural branchi)
Mirandese[edit]
Adjective[edit]
branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas)
Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
- white
- 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
- […] mia ſennor branca e / uermella.
- […] my lady of white skin and / reddish face.
- 1198, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, Paio Soares de Taveirós, A 38: No mundo non me sei parella (facsimile)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
branco, blanco, alvo | gris | negro, preto |
vermelho | castanho | amarelo |
verde | ||
azur | ||
cardẽo | rosa |
Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese branco, inherited from Early Medieval Latin blancus. Compare Galician branco, Spanish blanco. Doublet of Bianca, a name borrowed from Italian.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ku
- Hyphenation: bran‧co
Noun[edit]
branco m (plural brancos)
- white (color)
- Synonym: (poetic) alvo
- (Brazil, informal) blackout (failure in recalling something)
- Me deu um branco na prova!
- I couldn’t remember anything during the test!
- (oenology) Ellipsis of vinho branco.
Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]
branco m (plural brancos, feminine branca, feminine plural brancas)
- a white person
- Synonyms: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano, (derogatory) branquelo
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.
Adjective[edit]
branco (feminine branca, masculine plural brancos, feminine plural brancas, comparable, comparative mais branco, superlative o mais branco or branquíssimo, diminutive branquinho, augmentative brancão)
- white in color
- (of a person) white; Caucasian
- Synonym: (formal and relatively uncommon) caucasiano
- (of a person) pale; pallid
- Synonym: pálido
- white (lightest in color compared to similar objects)
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:branco.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Angolar: baanku
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: branku
- Indo-Portuguese: branco
- Kabuverdianu: bránku
- Korlai Creole Portuguese: brak
- Kristang: brangku
- Principense: baanku
- Sãotomense: blanku
See also[edit]
branco, alvo, cândido | cinza, gris, cinzento |
preto, negro, atro |
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim |
laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom |
amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre |
verde-limão | verde | verde-água; verde-menta |
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo |
azul-celeste | azul, índigo, anil |
violeta, lilás |
magenta; roxo, púrpura | rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque |
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