barregão

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of barregã.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ʁeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [ba.heˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.ʁeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [ba.heˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ba.ʁeˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [ba.χeˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ʁɨˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [bɐ.ʁɨˈɣɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: bar‧re‧gão

Noun

barregão m (plural barregões)

1. (archaic) Man who has a concubine.

   Synonym: barregueiro

Further reading

• “barregão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “barregão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025