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bagunçar

Portuguese, verb/ba.ɡũˈsa(ʁ)/

bagunçar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to make a mess; to mess up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer bagunça”.

What does bagunçar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Brazilto make a mess; to mess up

  2. 2

    Brazilto become messed up

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. fazer bagunça 2. causar desordem 3. festejar, ir para uma festa

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 bagunçar

  • bagunço first-person present singular
  • baguncei first-person preterite singular
  • bagunçado participle past
  • c-ç alternation
  • bagunçares infinitive second-person singular
  • bagunçarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • bagunçardes infinitive plural second-person
  • bagunçarem infinitive plural third-person
  • bagunçando gerund
  • bagunçados masculine participle past
  • bagunçada feminine participle past
  • bagunçadas feminine participle past
  • bagunças indicative present second-person
  • bagunça indicative present singular
  • bagunçamos first-person indicative plural
  • bagunçais indicative plural present
  • bagunçam indicative plural present
  • bagunçava first-person imperfect indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bagunçar?

  • Brazil /ba.ɡũˈsa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [ba.ɡũˈsa(h)]
  • /ba.ɡũˈsa(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is bagunçar in Portuguese?

bagunçar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).