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/ba-GUAL/

An untamed animal or a rough, wild person without any manners. In Argentina and Uruguay 'bagual' describes someone uneducated or difficult to deal with. Also a wild, unbroken horse of the pampas.

Example

"That guy is a brute, he doesn't know how to behave in a meeting."

"The bagual neighbor blasts music until three in the morning."

Word family
Regional synonyms:

Hacer demasiado por alguien que no te corresponde sentimentalmente, desvivirse por una persona que ni te pela. Anglicismo de 'simp' adoptado en redes sociales.