barguigner

Inherited from Old French bargaignier. Compare English bargain and Portuguese barganhar.

• IPA^(key): /baʁ.ɡi.ɲe/

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barguigner

1. to hesitate, being unable to make a decision

   Synonym: hésiter

   • 2020 May 18, “Brésil : la dangereuse fuite en avant de Bolsonaro”, in Le Monde‎:

     Il y a, à n’en pas douter, quelque chose de pourri au royaume du Brésil, où le président, Jair Bolsonaro, peut affirmer sans barguigner que le coronavirus est une « grippette » ou une « hystérie » née de l’« imagination » des médias.

     There is, without a doubt, something rotten in the state of Brazil, where the president, Jair Bolsonaro, can claim without hesitating that the coronavirus is a "little flu" or a "hysteria" born of the "imagination" of the media.

2. (Canada) to bargain, to haggle

   Synonym: marchander

• “barguigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

barguigner

1. Alternative form of barguignier

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.