bacana

Portuguese

Etymology

Either: originating from the Portuguese term bacanal; or borrowed from Ligurian bacan. Compare Spanish bacán (“cool”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐnɐ
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈkɐ.na/
 

Adjective

bacana

  1. (Brazil, informal) cool, nice
    Synonyms: (Brazil, informal) legal, (Brazil, slang) massa
  2. feminine singular of bacano

Noun

bacana m or f by sense (plural bacanas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) rich person
    Synonyms: grã-fina, rico

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

bacana (Cyrillic spelling бацана)

  1. inflection of bacati:
    1. feminine singular passive past participle
    2. neuter plural passive past participle

Spanish

Adjective

bacana

  1. feminine singular of bacán
  2. feminine singular of bacano
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