bagre
Portuguese, noun/ˈba.ɡɾi/
bagre is spelled B-A-G-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,362nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bagre is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “catfish (any fish of the order Siluriformes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designação comum dada aos peixes da ordem Siluriformes na maior parte da América do Sul”.
What does bagre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecatfish (any fish of the order Siluriformes)
- 2
masculineellipsis of mirindiba-bagre (Lafoensia glyptocarpa).
- 3
Brazilmasculinea hillbilly, yokel, rustic
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designação comum dada aos peixes da ordem Siluriformes na maior parte da América do Sul
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Pará
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 bagre
- bagres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bagre?
- Brazil /ˈba.ɡɾi/
- Portugal /ˈba.ɡɾɨ/
- Portugal [ˈba.ɣɾɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bagre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bagre in Portuguese?
bagre appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).