bargante

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bargante, from Italian brigante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [baɦˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baʁˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [baɦˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /baɾˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʁˈɡɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baɻˈɡɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐɾˈɡɐ̃.tɨ/ [bɐɾˈɣɐ̃.tɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃t͡ʃi, -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: bar‧gan‧te

Noun

bargante m or f by sense (plural bargantes)

1. blackguard (person who acts in a despicable manner)

   Synonym: biltre

2. debauched person, libertine (shameless person, of bad habits)

   Synonyms: devasso, libertino

Further reading

• “bargante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “bargante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025