bangue-bangue

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Etymology

Reduplication of bangue (“bang, onomatopoeia for a weapon being fired”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɐ̃.ɡiˈbɐ̃.ɡi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɐ̃.ɡeˈbɐ̃.ɡe/

Noun

bangue-bangue m (plural bangue-bangues) (Brazil, colloquial)

  1. shootout; gunfight
    Synonym: tiroteio
  2. western (film set in the historic American West)
    Synonym: faroeste
    • 1963 August 24, “Bangu confia em parada contra o Botafogo pois joga no Dia do Soldado”, in Jornal do Brasil, ano LXXIII, number 198, Rio de Janeiro, page 15, Frangos e bangue-bangue:
      Saindo do treino para a concentração, onde exigiram que o filme passado depois do jantar fosse de bangue-bangue […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1971 December 10, Arthur Ferreira, “As frases do Sr. Dario”, in Placar, number 91, São Paulo: Abril, page 21, column 2:
      Mas Dario não se incomoda com isso; acha que em campo êle é como Django (do bangue-bangue italiano) […]
      But Dario doesn't mind; he thinks that, onfield, he's like Django (from the Italian western)
    • 1986 April 28, Marcelo Duarte, quoting Hugo de León, “Vingança e fim de tabu”, in Placar, number 831, São Paulo: Abril, page 18, column 2:
      A palavra vingança é coisa de enredo de filme de bangue-bangue.
      The word vengance is a western plot thing.
    • 2008, Hermes e Renato, “Muito Além de Brokeback” (5:31 from the start), in Tela Class, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Dr. Artur (Marco Antônio Alves), São Paulo, satirical dubbing of Sartana's Here... Trade Your Pistol for a Coffin, via MTV Brasil:
      Eu liberei as filmagens achando que seria um bangue-bangue, na verdade era um filme de viado!
      I let them shoot it thinking it would be a western, but in the end it was a gay movie!

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