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/Sounds like "bah" (as in "bar") + "GWAHL" (as in "Guam")/

Meaning

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.

Examples

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.

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Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Cateto

The person everyone blames when something goes wrong, the narrative scapegoat of any group conflict. Across Latin America and Spain, ser el malo de la pelicula means being cast as the villain of the story, sometimes just for telling the truth nobody wanted to hear.