Portuguese

Proper noun

Bucéfalo m

1. (historical) Bucephalus (the warhorse of Alexander the Great)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Bucéfalas

Etymology

From the Latin Būcephalus, from the Ancient Greek Βουκέφᾰλος ‎(Bouképhalos).

Proper noun

Bucéfalo m

1. Bucephalus (the horse of Alexander the Great)

Portuguese

Noun

bucéfalo m (plural bucéfalos, feminine bucéfala, feminine plural bucéfalas)

1. (rare, derogatory) idiot, stupid person
   • 1977 September 1, TPM, volume 8, number 91, Trip Editora e Propaganda SA, ISSN 1519-4035, page 115:

     O pior, ele foi escrito por quatro autoras, que chamam as mulheres de coisas como “bucéfalas”. Merecíamos um presente desses?

     The worst part was, it was written by four female authors who call women things like “*Bucephaluses”. Did we deserve a gift like this?

2. (rare) horse
   • 2007, Oscar Kellner Neto, Os Amarradores De Patas, Clube de Autores, page 33:

     nitrido abufado dos bucéfalos em pânico

     swollen neighing of the horses in panic

   • 2015, Heloisa Pires Lima, Benjamin, o filho da felicidade, FTD Educação, ISBN 9788532287847, page 20:

     cavalgando um bucéfalo abundante de ossos e falto de carnes

     riding a horse plentiful in bones and lacking in flesh