bagre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bagre (“catfish”).

Noun

bagre (plural bagres)

  1. Any of various types of catfish, located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
    • 1869, John Ross Browne, Alexander Smith Taylor, William M. Gabb, Charles Melville Scammon, J. D. Hawks, John A. Veatch, Francesco Saverio Clavigero, A Sketch of the Settlement and Exploration of Lower California, page 169:
      The bagre of California and Mexico, very distinct from that which Linnæus gave the name to, and classified among the sheat-fish, is without scales, with two large hairs pendent from the under lip, the tail split, and has six fins, among which is one large dorsal fin, two on the breast, two under the belly, and one near the tail.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡɾi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡɾe/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈba.ɡɾɨ/ [ˈba.ɣɾɨ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aɡɾi, (Portugal) -aɡɾɨ

Noun

bagre m (plural bagres)

  1. catfish (any fish of the order Siluriformes)
    Synonyms: peixe-gato, siluro, jundiá
  2. ellipsis of mirindiba-bagre (Lafoensia glyptocarpa).
  3. (Brazil) a hillbilly, yokel, rustic
    Synonyms: caipira, jacu, jeca

Derived terms

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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)

  1. (zoology) catfish
    Synonyms: pez gato, siluro
    Hypernym: siluriforme
  2. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Andes, Rioplatense, Honduras) ugly person

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: bögre

Further reading

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