bronco

See also: bronco-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bronco (“rough”), 19th c. which in Mexican usage also describes a horse that has not been broken and is still wild.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑŋkoʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒŋkəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋkəʊ

Noun

bronco (plural broncos)

1. A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken.

   Synonyms: bronc, broncho

   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “19”, in Babbitt:

     Swollen with greatness, slightly afraid lest the noble blood of Nottingham change its mind and leave him at any street corner, Babbitt paraded with Sir Gerald Doak to the movie palace and in silent bliss sat beside him, trying not to be too enthusiastic, lest the knight despise his adoration of six-shooters and broncos.

Translations

horse that is wild or not fully broken

• German: ungezähmtes Pferd n, halbwildes Pferd n
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See also

• mustang

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbron.ko/
• Rhymes: -onko
• Hyphenation: brón‧co

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Late Latin brunchus.

Noun

bronco m (plural bronchi)

1. (literary) A thorny branch.

Derived terms

• sbroncare

Etymology 2

From Late Latin bronchus, from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos, “throat”).

Noun

bronco m (plural bronchi)

1. (anatomy) bronchus, bronchial tube

Derived terms

• bronchite
• bronco-
• ventrobronco

 

References

• bronco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• bronco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. obtuse, dumb (intellectually dull)

   Synonyms: obtuso, parvo

Synonyms

• (dumb): See here

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin bruncus, a cross of broccus and truncus (“trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾonko/ [ˈbɾõŋ.ko]

Adjective

bronco (feminine bronca, masculine plural broncos, feminine plural broncas)

1. harsh, sharp (of a sound)

Related terms

• bronca

Descendants

• English: bronco