bronco

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑŋkoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɒŋkəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒŋkəʊ

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.

• mustang

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

Perhaps from Late Latin brunchus.

bronco m (plural bronchi)

1. (literary) a thorny branch

• sbroncare

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

bronco m (plural bronchi)

1. (anatomy) bronchus, bronchial tube

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

• Hyphenation: bron‧co

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

1. obtuse, dumb (intellectually dull)

   Synonyms: obtuso, parvo; see also Thesaurus:idiota

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɾonko/ [ˈbɾõŋ.ko]
• Rhymes: -onko
• Syllabification: bron‧co

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

1. hoarse, raspy, harsh, coarse, rough, uncouth, wild, untamed

• English: bronco

• “bronco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024