bugre

See also: Bugre

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bougre (“sodomite”), from the colloquial pronunciation of Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”). Doublet of búlgaro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ɡɾi/

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

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

• Hyphenation: bu‧gre

Noun

bugre m or f by sense (plural bugres, feminine bugre or bugra, feminine plural bugres or bugras)

1. (Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage (derogatory term for a Native American)

   Synonym: selvagem

   • 1905 March 12, “Expedição contra os bugres”, in Novidades‎^[1], number 41, Itajaí, column 2:

     Em nosso numero passado, demos um telegramma noticiando ter chegado, de volta a Brusque, a turma de batedores que seguira d'alli no dia 3 de Fevereiro, trazendo flechas, arcos, outros objectos e um pequeno bugre.

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2. (South Brazil, archaic, now viewed as an ethnic slur) Kaingang (member of the Kaingang people)

   Synonym: caingangue

3. (Rio Grande do Sul, may be derogatory) Any indigenous person of the Americas.

Derived terms

• bugrada
• bugrão
• bugraria
• bugreiro
• bugrice
• bugrinho
• chá-de-bugre
• erva-de-bugre

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Buker

Adjective

bugre m or f (plural bugres)

1. (Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage