Talk:banguelo

There is no word 'banguelo' in Portuguese. This adjective is 'banguela' (plural 'banguelas') in both masculine and feminine! But that straitjacket of a template won't let me fix it! Help! Pasquale (talk) 15:59, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

You’re mistaken. {Banguelo, banguela, banguelos, banguelas} exists alongside {banguela, banguelas}. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 21:08, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Really? OK, I'm always willing to learn, so let's assume you're correct, even though the dictionaries I looked up only give 'banguela' (plural 'banguelas') for both masculine and feminine. But, even so, my point remains. Why does 'banguela' in the dictionary say "Feminine singular of adjective banguelo." when it should in fact say that it is also a separate masculine (and feminine) form, surely far more common than your form 'banguelo', and listed as masculine and feminine in all the dictionaries I checked? Can we at least fix that? Pasquale (talk) 22:23, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

@Pasquale. You are free to add a new section to banguela. It’s probably better to move the content there and turn banguelo into an alternative form, since m-f banguela is more common than banguelo/banguela, at least in my experience. What do you think?

If you’re only willing to trust dictionaries, you’ll be glad to know that Aulete has banguelo. — Ungoliant ^(falai) 01:32, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Done. Thanks! And, yes, I do trust dictionaries! Otherwise, I'd be writing 'restauranteur' for 'restaurateur', 'mischievious' for 'mischievous', and hundreds of other such. :-) Pasquale (talk) 19:17, 16 June 2018 (UTC)