bugarrón

Spanish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /buɡaˈron/ [bu.ɣ̞aˈrõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bu‧ga‧rrón

Noun

bugarrón m (plural bugarrones)

1. (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

bugarrón (feminine bugarrona, masculine plural bugarrones, feminine plural bugarronas)

1. (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic) sexually penetrating a man, done by a man

Further reading

• “bugarrón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28