Definition
A drunkard or habitual drunk, especially in old Spanish or slang usage; someone who frequently drinks excessively.
Etymology
From Spanish 'borracho' meaning drunk, possibly derived from 'borra' (wool or crude matter), suggesting association with muddled thinking; entered English through contact with Spanish-speaking cultures.
Kelly Says
Borachio appears in Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' as a character name, showing how this Spanish slang word was adopted into English literature during the Renaissance when English writers delighted in linguistic borrowing from Spanish—a global superpower of that era.
Translations
ARالعربية
بورachio
bo-ra-chi-o
BNবাংলা
বোরাকিও
bo-ra-ki-o
CACatalà
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
CSČeština
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
DADansk
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
DEDeutsch
Borrachio
bor-ra-chi-o
ELΕλληνικά
μποραχιο
mo-ra-chi-o
ESEspañol
borrachín
bor-ra-chi-n
FAفارسی
بورachio
bo-ra-chi-o
FISuomi
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
FRFrançais
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
HAHA
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
HEעברית
בוראצ'יו
bo-ra-chi-o
HIहिन्दी
बोराचियो
bo-ra-chi-o
HUMagyar
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
IDBahasa Indonesia
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
IGIG
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
ITItaliano
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
KMKM
ប៉ុរាឈីអូ
ba-ra-chi-o
MRMR
बोराचियो
bo-ra-chi-o
MSBahasa Melayu
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
MYမြန်မာ
ဗိုရာချို
bo-ra-chi-o
NLNederlands
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
NONorsk
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
PAPA
ਬੋਰachio
bo-ra-chi-o
PLPolski
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
PTPortuguês
borrachinho
bor-ra-chi-nho
RORomână
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
RUРусский
борачио
bo-ra-chi-o
SVSvenska
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
SWKiswahili
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
TAதமிழ்
போராகியோ
bo-ra-gi-o
TEతెలుగు
బోరాచియో
bo-ra-chi-o
THไทย
โบราคิโอ
bo-ra-ki-o
TLTL
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
TRTürkçe
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
UKУкраїнська
борачiо
bo-ra-chi-o
URاردو
بورachio
bo-ra-chi-o
VITiếng Việt
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
YOYO
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o
ZUZU
borachio
bo-ra-chi-o