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bugado

Portuguese, adjective/buˈɡa.du/

bugado is spelled B-U-G-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 93,598th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bugado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “buggy, glitchy (prone to bugs or glitches)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of bugar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem e apresenta bugue”.

What does bugado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    informalbuggy, glitchy (prone to bugs or glitches)

  2. 2

    informalbugged, glitched (affected by a bug or glitch)

  3. 3

    informalslangconfused, disoriented

verb

  1. 1

    informalpast participle of bugar

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem e apresenta bugue

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 bugado

  • bugada feminine
  • bugados masculine plural
  • bugadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce bugado?

  • Brazil /buˈɡa.du/
  • Portugal /buˈɡa.du/
  • Portugal [buˈɣa.ðu]

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

English words that translate to bugado

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

How common is bugado in Portuguese?

bugado appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.

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

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