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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
bago + -ulho
Noun
bagulho m (plural bagulhos)
- (Brazil, slang) a sample of a drug
- (Brazil, slang) thingamajig, gizmo, thingy (something whose name is unknown)
- Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) treco, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, pira, (Portugal) cena, bang
- (Brazil, slang) stolen good; contraband
- Synonyms: muamba, contrabando
- (Brazil, slang) ugly person
- (Brazil, slang) thing of low quality or deemed worthless
- Synonym: (Brazil) bundá
- (Portugal, slang) money
- Synonym: (Angola, Brazil) bufunfa
- (botany) berry seed
- Synonym: grainha
- (Trás-os-Montes) pomegranate seed
- (India) tamarind pulse
- grape pomace
- ceiling broom
- Synonym: vasculho
Etymology 2
Verb
bagulho
- first-person singular present indicative of bagulhar
Further reading
- “bagulho”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “bagulho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “bagulho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “bagulho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024