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bagunceiro

Portuguese, noun/ba.ɡũˈse(j).ɾu/

bagunceiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a messy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo que faz bagunça”.

What does bagunceiro mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    messy (prone to causing mess)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea messy person

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que faz bagunça 2. desorganizado 3. arruaceiro, baderneiro

noun: 1. indivíduo que faz bagunça

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 bagunceiro

  • bagunceira feminine
  • bagunceiros masculine plural
  • bagunceiras feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce bagunceiro?

  • Brazil /ba.ɡũˈse(j).ɾu/
  • Brazil [ba.ɡũˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • Portugal /bɐ.ɡũˈsɐj.ɾu/

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

English words that translate to bagunceiro

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bagunceiro in Portuguese?

bagunceiro appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

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