bagaço

Portuguese

Etymology

From baga (“berry”) +‎ -aço. Compare Galician and Spanish bagazo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈɡa.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈɡa.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɡa.su/ [bɐˈɣa.su]

Rhymes: -asu
Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ço

Noun

bagaço m (plural bagaços)

bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)
pomace (pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice)
marc (a type of brandy produced from grape residues)
Synonym: bagaceira

Hypernym: aguardente

Derived terms

abagaçar
bagaceira

Further reading

“bagaço” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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