The Falando Atlas of Brazilian Portuguese
estilingue, baladeira, atiradeira, badogue, funda or setra — estilingue (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).
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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.
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 |
| baladeira | slingshot | the Northeast — More common here; the North — Strongly associated | neutral |
| atiradeira | slingshot | the North — Also used here; the Southeast — More common here | neutral |
| badogue | slingshot | the Northeast — More common here; the South — More common here | neutral |
| funda | slingshot | the Central-West — Also used here; the South — More common here | neutral |
| setra | slingshot | Espírito Santo — Strongly associated; Paraná — Strongly associated; the South — Strongly associated | neutral |
slingshot
The safest nationwide word for a forked slingshot. ALiB found it in all 25 state capitals and throughout the regional studies it compared.
A pesquisa registrou estilingue em todas as regiões do Brasil.The survey recorded estilingue in every region of Brazil.
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.
A pesquisa registrou baladeira como nome de estilingue.The survey recorded baladeira as a name for a slingshot.
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.
A pesquisa registrou atiradeira como nome de estilingue.The survey recorded atiradeira as a name for a slingshot.
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.
A pesquisa registrou badogue como nome de estilingue.The survey recorded badogue as a name for a slingshot.
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.
A pesquisa registrou funda como nome de estilingue.The survey recorded funda as a name for a slingshot.
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 pesquisa registrou setra como nome de estilingue.The survey recorded setra as a name for a slingshot.
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