bigode
Portuguese
bigode
Etymology
Unknown. Theories include:
- from 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 bigote, Mirandese bigote, Asturian bigote, Spanish bigote, Aragonese bigote and Catalan bigoti.
Pronunciation
Noun
bigode m (plural bigodes)
- 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 quote)
- (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
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