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.
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term brat derives from an Old English (Old English) slang term meaning beggar's child. Originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a makeshift or ragged garment; probably the same word as Old English bratt (âcloakâ), which is from a Celtic source (compare Old Irish bratt (âcloak, clothâ)).