Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term
jagunço
3 +3 | henchman | Ana Vozone |
4 +1 | muscle..hired muscle ..hired thug..cutthroat..gangster | airmailrpl |
3 | Goon | Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira |
3 | hired assassin | T o b i a s |
Nov 19, 2018 12:02: Gilmar Fernandes changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Dec 2, 2018 08:57: Ana Vozone Created KOG entry
PRO (3): T o b i a s, Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira, Gilmar Fernandes
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Proposed translations
Goon
hired assassin
muscle..hired muscle ..hired thug..cutthroat..gangster
Jagunço - Dicio, Dicionário Online de Português
https://www.dicio.com.br/jagunco/
jagunço. Significado de Jagunço. substantivo masculino Criminoso contratado como segurança, guarda-costas, de uma pessoa influente, poderosa; capanga.
Jagunço
Jagunço ou capanga é o nome que se dá, no nordeste brasileiro, ao indivíduo que, prestava-se ao trabalho paramilitar de proteção e segurança às lideranças políticas. Jagunço : Soldado na língua quibundo ou jagun-jagun, "soldado", do iorubá. Segundo o Professor Gabriel Perissé da Universidade de São Paulo em suas "Considerações Etimológicas" no livro Palavras e Origens, discorrendo sobre a considerável lista de palavras que não provêm do mundo greco-latino, após citar várias da herança tupi-guarani, que se incorporaram à nossa língua, e sobre a presença afronegra no português falado no Brasil nos diz: Claudionor Queiroz, em relato memorial, assim define o tipo humano do jagunço: Jagunço era todo o indivíduo que empunhava uma arma em defesa própria, de seus bens, da sua família, do seu lar, na primeira oportunidade que se lhe oferecia. O jagunço era uma criação dos chefes políticos.
Jagunço
Jagunço or capanga is the name given in the northeast of Brazil to the individual who lent himself to the paramilitary work of protection and security to the political leaders. Jagungo: Soldier in the Taino language or jagun-jagun, "soldier", of the Yoruba. According to Professor Gabriel Perissé of the University of São Paulo in his "Etymological Considerations" in the book Words and Origins, discussing the considerable list of words that do not come from the Greco-Latin world, after citing several of the Tupi-Guarani heritage, which were incorporated in our language, and about the Afronegra presence in Portuguese spoken in Brazil, tells us: Claudionor Queiroz, in a memorial account, thus defines the human type of the jagunco: Jagunço was every individual who wielded a weapon in self-defense, his family, his home, at the first opportunity offered him. The jagunco was a creation of the political chiefs.
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