bagual
Portuguese, noun/baˈɡwaw/
bagual is spelled B-A-G-U-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bagual is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “an untamed or recently tamed horse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cavalo selvagem que ainda não foi domado”.
What does bagual mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean untamed or recently tamed horse
- 2
masculinea term of address for a man
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineuntamed or recently tamed
- 2
femininemasculineuncouth; crude
interjection
- 1
an indication of agreement
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cavalo selvagem que ainda não foi domado.
adjective: 1. rude, estúpido, insensível com as palavras; 2. forte, destemido.
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 bagual
- baguais plural
- baguá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bagual?
- Brazil /baˈɡwaw/
- Brazil [baˈɡwaʊ̯]
- Portugal /bɐˈɡwal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bagual in Portuguese?
bagual appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).