bagaço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From baga (“berry”) +‎ -aço. Compare Galician and Spanish bagazo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ço

Noun

bagaço m (plural bagaços)

  1. bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)
  2. pomace (pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice)
  3. marc (a type of brandy produced from grape residues)
    Synonym: bagaceira
    Hypernym: aguardente
  4. (figurative, informal) a spent, ragged or otherwise very tired person
    Synonym: só o pó da rabiola
  5. (figurative) something useless
    Synonym: lixo

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