bugarrón
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From 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 edit
Noun edit
bugarrón m (plural bugarrones)
- (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic) a man who engages in sexual intercourse with other men, where he is always the penetrator, and typically does not consider himself to be gay
Adjective edit
bugarrón (feminine bugarrona, masculine plural bugarrones, feminine plural bugarronas)
- (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic) sexually penetrating a man, done by a man
Further reading edit
- “bugarrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014