瓦格斯

Wǎgésī

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Meanings

1 Vargas (transliteration of the Spanish/Portuguese surname)

Characters

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

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

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

Examples

瓦格斯是巴西总统。

Wǎgésī shì Bāxī zǒngtǒng.

Vargas was president of Brazil.

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