bagulho

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈɡu.ʎu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈɡu.ʎo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈɡu.ʎu/ [bɐˈɣu.ʎu]

  • Rhymes: -uʎu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧gu‧lho

Etymology 1

From bago +‎ -ulho.

Noun

bagulho m (plural bagulhos)

  1. (botany) berry seed
    Synonym: grainha
  2. (Douro) grape pomace
  3. (Trás-os-Montes) pomegranate seed
  4. (India) tamarind pulse
  5. (Brazil, colloquial) a sample of a drug
  6. (Brazil, colloquial) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
    Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) treco, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, pira, (Portugal) cena, bang
  7. (Brazil, colloquial) stolen good; contraband
    Synonyms: muamba, contrabando
  8. (Brazil, colloquial) ugly person
  9. (Brazil, colloquial) thing of low quality or deemed worthless
    Synonym: (Brazil) bundá
  10. (Portugal, colloquial) money
    Synonym: (Angola, Brazil) bufunfa
  11. ceiling broom
    Synonym: vasculho

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bagulho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of bagulhar

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