bagual

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• baguá

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bagual, after Bagual, a Querandí chieftain.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈɡwaw/ [baˈɡwaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɡwal/ [bɐˈɣwaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɡwal/ [bɐˈɣwaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɡwa.li/ [bɐˈɣwa.li]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ba‧gual

Noun

bagual m (plural baguais)

1. (South Brazil) an untamed or recently tamed horse
2. (Rio Grande do Sul) a term of address for a man

Adjective

bagual m or f (plural baguais)

1. (South Brazil, of a horse) untamed or recently tamed
2. (South Brazil, of a person) uncouth; crude

Interjection

bagual

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) an indication of agreement

Spanish

Etymology

After Bagual, a Querandí chieftain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɡwal/ [baˈɣ̞wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ba‧gual

Noun

bagual m (plural baguales)

1. (Argentina, Uruguay) an untamed horse

Adjective

bagual m or f (masculine and feminine plural baguales)

1. (Uruguay, Paraguay) uncivil

Further reading

• “bagual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28