rabugento
Portuguese, noun/ʁa.buˈʒẽ.tu/
rabugento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a surly person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does rabugento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crusty, surly, who constantly complains
noun
- 1
masculinea surly person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquele que reclama de tudo
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 rabugento
- rabugenta feminine
- rabugentos masculine plural
- rabugentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rabugento?
- Brazil /ʁa.buˈʒẽ.tu/
- Brazil [ha.buˈʒẽ.tu]
- /ʁa.buˈʒẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rabugento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rabugento in Portuguese?
rabugento 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).