bros

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English bros

Pronunciation

• brɔ́s

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 9
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 783
• Frequency in raw corpus: 64
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 2727

Noun

Word we dey take dey hail person

Man wey person dey respect or wey senior person.

bros: no definition, brother -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:52)

   Bros how far?  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__175, Brother, how are things ?)

   Na wa o bros.  — (LAG_04_Lagos-Schools_DG__68, It's surprising, Brother !)

2. advmod (frequency:3)

   You even if you get chance ma sef, dat fitness no dey dere bros.  — (NST_cleaned__12458, __no translation__)

   All di shop weh dey dere bros, as in de break open all di shops.  — (PRT_06_Port-Harcourt_DG__70, all the shops that were there brother, as in, they bugled all the shops.)

3. det (frequency:2)

   Dis bros bin comot go inside Denmark before.  — (WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__17, This brother had earlier left to go to Denmark before.)

   But e sure sey many, many clubs eh still go want sign dis bros.  — (WAZL_01_Sports-Programme_DG__23, But he is sure that many, many clubs eh, still want to sign this brother.)

4. amod (frequency:2)

   I dey ready bros.  — (NST_cleaned__12474, __no translation__)

   As I want do big bros now, I say no wahala, no wahala.  — (ENU_37_Dmoris-Restaurant_MG__83, As I wanted to act like a big brother, I said no problem at all.)

5. case (frequency:2)

   Na wa o bros.  — (NST_cleaned__25733, __no translation__)

   Haha you like better tin o bros.  — (NST_cleaned__17055, __no translation__)

6. discourse (frequency:2)

   Eh bros.  — (ENU_06_After-School-Lessons_DG__145, Hey bros.)

   Aha bros!  — (JOS_41_Buying-Drinks_DG__19, Aha brother !)

7. nmod:poss (frequency:2)

   Na my bros dey there haha.  — (NST_cleaned__23589, __no translation__)

Related Form

senior bros

Synonyms

brah, senior man, omo 0.79 129, nna 0.75 58, toh 0.73 307, mtschew 0.72 50, hey 0.72 96, babe 0.71 156, iya 0.71 45, mstchew 0.70 423, alright 0.70 114

Antonyms

• omo 0.79 129, nna 0.75 58, toh 0.73 307, mtschew 0.72 50, hey 0.72 96, babe 0.71 156, iya 0.71 45, mstchew 0.70 423, alright 0.70 114

Translations

• English: no definition, brother

Noun (vocative)

bros: refers to a young or adult male. -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Bros, your boy dey o.  — (Brother, your boy is here.)

Synonyms

• omo 0.79 129, nna 0.75 58, toh 0.73 307, mtschew 0.72 50, hey 0.72 96, babe 0.71 156, iya 0.71 45, mstchew 0.70 423, alright 0.70 114

Antonyms

• omo 0.79 129, nna 0.75 58, toh 0.73 307, mtschew 0.72 50, hey 0.72 96, babe 0.71 156, iya 0.71 45, mstchew 0.70 423, alright 0.70 114

Translations

• English: refers to a young or adult male.