瓦格斯

Wǎgésī

proper noun #35,419

Meanings

1 Vargas

Characters

tile; transliteration syllable for 'Va-' / 'Wa-'

pattern, frame; transliteration syllable for '-ga-'

this (classical); transliteration syllable for '-s'

Examples

HSK 5

瓦格斯是巴西总统。

Wǎgésī shì Bāxī zǒngtǒng.

Vargas was president of Brazil.

HSK 5

瓦格斯·略萨获得了诺贝尔文学奖。

Wǎgésī Lüèsà huòdé le Nuòbèi'ěr wénxuéjiǎng.

Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Tips

culture

Most prominent bearers: Getúlio Vargas (1882-1954), Brazilian president and dictator who shaped 20th-century Brazil; and Mario Vargas Llosa (b. 1936), Peruvian Nobel laureate novelist (Chinese 巴尔加斯·略萨 or 瓦格斯·略萨). Vargas surname comes from the Iberian word for 'steep slopes / sloping land'.

Stroke Order

瓦 wǎ

格 gé

斯 sī