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bro in a sentence

• en bro över Öresund
  a bridge over the Sound
• Staden mellan broarna
  The town between the bridges [Stockholm old town]
• Ställ den ute på bron
  Put it out on the porch / deck / stoop
• Jag får min motion när jag går mellan bron och garageuppfarten
  I get my exercise walking between the porch and the garage driveway

Words built with bro

• träbro wooden bridge
• brohuvud bridgehead

Questions

Origin

From Old East Norse brō, from Proto-Germanic *brōwō (“bridge; brow”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruH- (“beam; bridge”), which may be the same root as *h₃bʰrúHs (“(eye)brow”), whence bryn.

Nearby common words

bro is number 1,647 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 1,643avgöra conclude, settle
• 1,644störa interrupt
• 1,645misstänka suspect
• 1,646loss loose
• 1,648hals neck
• 1,649galning madman
• 1,650gömd hidden
• 1,651täcka cover