barregão
Portuguese
Etymology
Alteration of barregã.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (archaic) Man who has a concubine.
- Synonym: barregueiro
Further reading
- “barregão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025