bagre

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡɾɨ/ [ˈba.ɣɾɨ]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɡɾi, (Portugal) -aɡɾɨ

Noun

bagre m (plural bagres)

1. catfish (any fish of the order Siluriformes)

   Synonyms: peixe-gato, siluro, jundiá

2. Ellipsis of mirindiba-bagre (Lafoensia glyptocarpa).
3. (Brazil) a hillbilly, yokel, rustic

   Synonyms: caipira, jacu, jeca

Derived terms

• cabeça de bagre
• mirindiba-bagre

Further reading

• “bagre”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “bagre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Of unclear immediate origin, perhaps from Mozarabic, ultimately from Latin pagrus~phager, of Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡɾe/ [ˈba.ɣ̞ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɡɾe
• Syllabification: ba‧gre

Noun

bagre m (plural bagres)

1. (zoology) catfish

   Synonyms: pez gato, siluro

   Hypernym: siluriforme

2. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Andes, Rioplatense, Honduras) ugly person

Derived terms

• bagre del Yaqui

Descendants

• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: bögre

Further reading

• “bagre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bagre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 456