bugarrón

== Spanish == === Etymology === Cognate to bujarrón, from French bougeron (see French bougre), originally from Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”), from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”), used as an insult by the Crusaders, who considered the Bulgarians heretics because of their membership in the Orthodox Church. Cognate with English bugger. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buɡaˈron/ [bu.ɣ̞aˈrõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: bu‧ga‧rrón === Noun === bugarrón m (plural bugarrones) (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic) a virile man who engages in sexual intercourse with other men (often effeminate), where he is always the penetrator, and typically does not consider himself to be gay === Adjective === bugarrón (feminine bugarrona, masculine plural bugarrones, feminine plural bugarronas) (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic) sexually penetrating a man, done by a man === Further reading === “bugarrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025