Where it is said
- the Northeast· more common here — Productive in Bahia, Sergipe and Pernambuco in the cited ALiB studies.
- the South· more common here — Bodoque/badogue family is highly recurrent across the South.
How it is used
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.
Examples
Meu avô chamava de badogue o brinquedo feito com forquilha e borracha.
My grandfather called the fork-and-rubber toy a badogue.