brechó
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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] Doublet of belchior.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Hyphenation: bre‧chó
Noun
brechó m (plural brechós)
- (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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