bagre
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pargus, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡɾ(ɨ)/ [ˈba.ɣɾ(ɨ)]
Noun
bagre m (plural bagres)
- catfish (type of fish)
- Synonyms: peixe-gato, siluro
- (botany) Ellipsis of mirindiba-bagre (Lafoensia glyptocarpa).
- (Brazil) a hillbilly, yokel, rustic
- Synonyms: caipira, jacu, jeca
Derived terms
- cabeça-de-bagre
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)
- (zoology) catfish
- Synonyms: pez gato, siluro
- Hypernym: siluriforme
Descendants
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: bögre
Further reading
- “bagre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “bagre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 456