bagana
Portuguese, noun/baˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
bagana is spelled B-A-G-A-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bagana is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “butt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponta de cigarro ou charuto já queimada”.
What does bagana mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilfemininebutt (remnant of a smoked cigarette or cigar)
- 2
Brazilfemininecigarette
- 3
Brazilfeminineinsignificant or low-quality thing
- 4
Brazilfemininesynonym of bolo de tabuleiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponta de cigarro ou charuto já queimada 2. algo sem valor
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bagana
- baganas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bagana?
- Brazil /baˈɡɐ̃.nɐ/
- Portugal /bɐˈɡɐ.nɐ/
- Portugal [bɐˈɣɐ.nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bagana in Portuguese?
bagana appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).