bagaxa

Galician

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Old Occitan bagassa (“whore”), from Gallo-Roman *bacassa ("servant").

Noun

bagaxa f (plural bagaxas)

1. a female prostitute

Adjective

bagaxa m or f (plural bagaxas)

1. lewd, lascivious, lecherous, lecher

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bagaxa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega