bugre

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French bougre (“sodomite”), from the colloquial pronunciation of Medieval Latin Bulgarus (“Bulgarian”). Doublet of búlgaro. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: bu‧gre === Noun === bugre m or f by sense (plural bugres, feminine bugre or bugra, feminine plural bugres or bugras) (Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage (derogatory term for a Native American) Synonym: selvagem (South Brazil, archaic, now viewed as an ethnic slur) Kaingang (member of the Kaingang people) Synonym: caingangue (Rio Grande do Sul, may be derogatory) Any indigenous person of the Americas. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Buker === Adjective === bugre m or f (plural bugres) (Brazil, ethnic slur, dated) savage === Further reading === “bugre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “bugre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026