The Falando Atlas of Brazilian Portuguese
estilingue, baladeira, atiradeira, badogue, funda, or setra — estilingue (understood nationwide); baladeira (the Northeast, the North); atiradeira (the North, the Southeast); badogue (the Northeast, the South); funda (the Central-West, the South); setra (Espírito Santo, Paraná, the South).
Estilingue is the nationwide default. Baladeira stands out across the North and Northeast; atiradeira and the badogue/badoque/bodoque family cross broad dialect areas; funda is notable in the South and Centre-West; setra is strongest around Paraná and Espírito Santo.
The map summarizes overlapping ALiB survey patterns rather than exclusive borders.
| Word | Meaning | Where it is most associated | Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| estilingue | slingshot | Understood everywhere in Brazil. | neutral |
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Regional patterns, not hard borders. A word may be used outside the highlighted area, and multiple words can coexist in the same region. Falando highlights the strongest and most useful patterns from its sources.
| slingshot |
| the Northeast — More common here; the North — Strongly associated |
| neutral |
| atiradeira | slingshot | the North — Also used here; the Southeast — More common here | neutral |
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| badogue | slingshot | the Northeast — More common here; the South — More common here | neutral |
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| funda | slingshot | the Central-West — Also used here; the South — More common here | neutral |
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| setra | slingshot | Espírito Santo — Strongly associated; Paraná — Strongly associated; the South — Strongly associated | neutral |
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slingshot
The safest nationwide word for a forked slingshot. ALiB found it in all 25 state capitals and throughout the regional studies it compared.
O estilingue ficou pendurado atrás da porta do galpão.The slingshot hung behind the shed door.
Understood everywhere in Brazil.
slingshot
The leading northern name: highly productive across the Amazonian and Northeastern speech areas, although absent from Maceió in the capital survey.
No quintal, a baladeira servia para derrubar manga madura.In the yard, the slingshot was used to knock down ripe mangoes.
slingshot
A widespread alternative found on both sides of Brazil’s broad North–South dialect division, with notable records in parts of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
O menino guardou a atiradeira no bolso depois de acertar a lata.The boy put the slingshot in his pocket after hitting the can.
slingshot
One spelling in the badogue/badoque/bodoque family. ALiB records this family across northern and southern speech areas, with strong pockets in Bahia, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Goiás and the South.
Meu avô chamava de badogue o brinquedo feito com forquilha e borracha.My grandfather called the fork-and-rubber toy a badogue.
slingshot
A southern and Centre-Western name for a slingshot. Funda has older and broader meanings too, so this entry teaches only the regional forked-slingshot sense.
Ele esticou a borracha da funda, mas desistiu de atirar.He pulled back the slingshot band but decided not to shoot.
slingshot
A regional southern-form name concentrated especially in Paraná and Espírito Santo, with a trail through nearby parts of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
A setra velha ainda tinha a borracha presa à forquilha.The old slingshot still had its band attached to the fork.
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