jagunço

English translation: henchman

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Portuguese term or phrase:jagunço
English translation:henchman
Entered by: Ana Vozone

18:20 Nov 18, 2018
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Art/Literary - Anthropology / Group of people, tribes
Portuguese term or phrase: jagunço
Passavam ainda muitos homens calçados de botas, exibindo revólveres, estouravam ainda facilmente arruaças nas ruas de canto, jagunços conhecidos arrotavam valentias nos botequins baratos, de quando em vez um assassinato era cometido em plena rua. De Jorge Amaro - Gabriela, Cravo e Canela
Valci Fischer
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henchman
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3 +3henchman
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4 +1muscle..hired muscle ..hired thug..cutthroat..gangster
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Goon


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O termo mais próximo que me ocorreu depois de analisar thug, hitman e bullyboy.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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henchman


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henchman

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hired assassin


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That's how it's translated in the English translation they have on Amazon.

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muscle..hired muscle ..hired thug..cutthroat..gangster


Explanation:
jagunço => 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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