brechó

See also: brecho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • belchior, berchior (obsolete)

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] Doublet of belchior.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾeˈʃɔ/

  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: bre‧chó

Noun

brechó m (plural brechós)

  1. (Brazil) thrift shop (shop which sells used goods)
    Synonym: adelo
    • 1895, Machado de Assis, “Ideias de canario”, in Paginas Recolhidas, Rio de Janeiro: H. Garnier, Livreiro-Editor, published 1899, page 89:
      No principio do mez passado, — disse elle, — indo por uma rua, succedeu que um tilbury á disparada, quasi me atirou ao chão. Escapei saltando para dentro de uma loja de belchior. Nem o estrepito do cavallo e do vehiculo, nem a minha entrada fez levantar o dono do negocio, que cochilava ao fundo, sentado n'uma cadeira de abrir.
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