brechó

See also: brecho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Belchior, the owner of the first thrift-shop in Rio de Janeiro in the nineteenth century.[1] The name is of Hebrew origin.[2]

The reading of ⟨ch⟩ as /ʃ/ seems to be a spelling pronunciation, since the proper name is still pronounced with a /k/.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾeˈʃɔ/

  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: bre‧chó

Noun

brechó m (plural brechós)

  1. (Brazil) thrift shop (shop which sells used goods)
    Synonym: adelo
    Coordinate term: sebo

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Dias (11 October 2019) “De belchior à brechó”, in PortalEnraizados‎[1] (in Portuguese), Nova Iguaçu, archived from the original on 12 December 2024
  2. ^ https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/antroponimia/Belchior

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