bigode

Galician

Alternative forms

• bigote

Etymology

Perhaps from German bei Gott (“by God”), because, when taking an oath, some men, once they said "by God", aimed at the superior lip with the index finger, symbolising forming the cross with the fingers and kissing it. Compare Portuguese bigode.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈɣɔ.ðe̝/

Noun

bigode m (plural bigodes)

1. moustache, mustache; moustaches, mustaches
2. whisker, whiskers

Usage notes

May be used in the singular or plural with the same meaning, as in English.

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Portuguese

bigode

Etymology

Unknown. Theories include:

• from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German bi got (“by God”) (modern bei Gott (“by God”)), due to the use of moustache by Landsknecht mercenaries;
• from vigote, diminutive of viga (“beam”).

Cognate with Galician bigode, Mirandese bigote, Asturian bigote, Spanish bigote, Aragonese bigote and Catalan bigoti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈɣɔ.ðɨ/
• IPA^(key): /bi.ˈɡɔ.d͡ʒi/
• Hyphenation: bi‧go‧de

Noun

bigode m (plural bigodes)

1. moustache, mustache

   Salvador Dalí tinha um bigode muito peculiar.

   Salvador Dalí had a very peculiar moustache.

   • 2014, “Dá mais música à bófia”, in B Fachada, performed by B Fachada:

     Sabes que o bigode / já não está na moda / nem com buços do vinho / dá mais música à bófia

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (usually in the plural) whisker (long projecting hair at the sides of the mouth of a cat)

   Os tigres têm bigodes.

   Tigers have whiskers.

Derived terms

• bigodão (augmentative)
• bigodinho (diminutive)
• abigodado
• abigodar
• bigodado
• bigodeado
• bigodear
• bigode-de-arame
• bigode-de-gato
• bigodeira
• bigodeiro
• bigodelha
• bigodete
• bigodudo
• caboclo-de-bigode
• capitão-de-bigode
• forde-de-bigode
• sagui-de-bigode

See also

• barba