brochar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾoˈʃa(ʁ)/ [bɾoˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾoˈʃa(ʁ)/ [bɾoˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bɾoˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾoˈʃa(ʁ)/ [bɾoˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾoˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɔˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɔˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɔˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɔˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bro‧char
• Homophone: broxar

Verb

brochar (first-person singular present brocho, first-person singular preterite brochei, past participle brochado)

1. (transitive) to link, to connect
   1. to bind (a book)
   2. to yoke (an ox, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of brochar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	brochar
Personal	brochar	brochares	brochar	brocharmos	brochardes	brocharem
Gerund
	brochando
Past participle
Masculine	brochado			brochados
Feminine	brochada			brochadas
Indicative
Present	brocho	brochas	brocha	brochamos	brochais	brocham
Imperfect	brochava	brochavas	brochava	brochávamos	brocháveis	brochavam
Preterite	brochei	brochaste	brochou	brochamos1, brochámos2	brochastes	brocharam
Pluperfect	brochara	brocharas	brochara	brocháramos	brocháreis	brocharam
Future	brocharei	brocharás	brochará	brocharemos	brochareis	brocharão
Conditional	brocharia	brocharias	brocharia	brocharíamos	brocharíeis	brochariam
Subjunctive
Present	broche	broches	broche	brochemos	brocheis	brochem
Imperfect	brochasse	brochasses	brochasse	brochássemos	brochásseis	brochassem
Future	brochar	brochares	brochar	brocharmos	brochardes	brocharem
Imperative
Affirmative		brocha	broche	brochemos	brochai	brochem
Negative (não)		não broches	não broche	não brochemos	não brocheis	não brochem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• broche
• brochura

Further reading

• “brochar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “brochar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025