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.ɡɾɨ/ [ˈba.ɣɾɨ]

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
(colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Honduras) ugly person

Derived terms

bagre del Yaqui

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), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 456

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