bagaço

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈɡa.su/

• (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)

1. bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)
2. pomace (pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice)
3. 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.