The arrival of Ronaldinho in 2003, and Barcelona's subsequent success in La Liga and Champions League, has been seen as crucial to an increase in the national, and worldwide, fan-base of the club.
brat (plural brats) ( 1 pejorative slang) A child; especially, one who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish. ( 2 slang) A son or daughter (at any age) of an active military service member.
Word Origin & History. brat c.1500, slang, beggar's child, originally northern, Midlands and western England dialect word for makeshift or ragged garment; probably the same word as O.E. bratt cloak, which is from a Celtic source (cf. O.Ir. bratt cloak, cloth). The modern meaning is perhaps from notion of child's apron.. Bratty is first recorded 1961.