Bro Meaning
/ˈbɹəʊ̯/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounBrother (a male sibling).
nounBrother (a comrade or friend; one who shares one’s ideals).
Sentence Examples
OK!! Bro!! I don't want to hear any more!
Don't tase me, bro!
I can't do it, bro. I'm really sorry.
CEFR Practice Quiz
My ____ is my older brother who loves sports.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Hey ____, could you please help me with this heavy wooden box?.
Word Origin & History
PIE word *bʰréh₂tēr Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr Proto-Germanic *brōþēr Proto-West Germanic *brōþer Old English brōþor Middle English brother English brotherclip. English bro Spelling pronunciation and clipping of brother. (Contrast bruh, which is a clipping of the pronunciation of brother rather than the spelling.) Compare Swedish bror.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Let’s not kid ourselves – there are plenty of men saying that Will has been emasculated by Jada, because hurr durr why would he hit a bro over a woman."
— 2022 May 4, “A$AP Rocky: Will Smith 'emasculated' Chris Rock but 'it's more than just a GI Jane joke'”, in Cele|bitchy, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2025:
"Her breakout was the 2017 production “Nate” (available as a Netflix special) in which she played a toxic, handsy bro who drove a motorcycle onstage, guzzling beers, groping audience members and creating chaos."
— 2025 October 7, Jason Zinoman, “What Clowns! (That’s a Compliment)”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2025:
"Pfeiffer's partners at Pod Save America — the audio outpost of the resistance that had made a collection of Obama Bros niche superstars, had invested as producers in a documentary about the Senate run."
— 2021 May 25, Edward-Isaac Dovere, Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats' Campaigns to Defeat Trump, Penguin, →ISBN, page 152:
"One of these cars has 707 horsepower, performs amazingly well on a drag strip, and is popular among performance car bros. The other car is about to easily win a drag race."
— 2022 September 14, Brian Culp, Electric Cars For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 11:
"He'd seen that false equivalency coming from AI bros time and time again, but hearing it from an AI itself was especially irritating."
— 2024 May 23, ego_bot, There's Something Weird Going On: Ten Stories of Existentialist Science Fiction, ego_bot, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
My ____ is my older brother who loves sports.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Hey ____, could you please help me with this heavy wooden box?.