bagana
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈɡɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈɡɐ.nɐ/ [bɐˈɣɐ.nɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈɡa.nɐ/ [bɐˈɣa.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧na
Noun
bagana f (plural baganas) (Brazil)
- butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
- (metonymic) cigarette
- insignificant or low-quality thing
- Synonym: bagatela
- (Alagoas) synonym of bolo de tabuleiro
Further reading
- “bagana”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bagana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “bagana”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “bagana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026