Polyglot Dictionary

brigadeiro

/bɾiɡaˈdejɾu/

o noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os brigadeiros

Meaning

  1. chocolate truffle

    • Adoro brigadeiro.

      I love brigadeiro.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

trufa

brigadeiro is a specific Brazilian chocolate sweet; trufa is the general word, "truffle."

Similar in other languages

English

truffle

Close — a chocolate truffle is a truffle.

Practice

1 What does brigadeiro mean?

2 Fill the gap: Adoro ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches brigadeiro?

noun

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