maragato

See also: Maragato

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish maragato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈɡa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈɡa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾaˈɡa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐˈɡa.tu/ [mɐ.ɾɐˈɣa.tu]

• Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ga‧to

Noun

maragato m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, history) supporter of the federalist movement that, in 1893, inspired the revolution against the party of Júlio de Castilhos, president of Rio Grande do Sul.
2. (Brazil, history) revolutionary who, in 1923, opposed the government of Borges de Medeiros, governor of Rio Grande do Sul.

Derived terms

• maragatagem
• maragatice
• maragatear
• maragatismo
• maragatada

Further reading

• “maragato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Adjective

maragato (feminine maragata, masculine plural maragatos, feminine plural maragatas)

1. of, from or relating to La Maragatería

Derived terms

• cocido maragato

 

Noun

maragato m (plural maragatos, feminine maragata, feminine plural maragatas)

1. native or inhabitant of La Maragatería (male or of unspecified gender)

Further reading

• “maragato”, 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