Vargas

Definition: Vargas

Vargas

Noun

1. Brazilian statesman who ruled Brazil as a virtual dictator (1883-1954).

Date "Vargas" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Synonym: Vargas

Synonym: Getulio Dornelles Vargas (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Vargas

English words defined with "Vargas": Getulio Dornelles Vargas ♦ Mario Vargas Llosa ♦ unambiguous ♦ Vargas Llosa. (references)

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Modern Usage: Vargas

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Let's keep it in English, Vargas. (Touch of Evil; writing credit: Whit Masterson; Orson Welles) Vargas does not drinkdoes not smokedoes not make love. (Thunderball; writing credit: Kevin McClory; Jack Whittingham)
Movie/TV Titles	Getúlio Vargas (1974) Venta de Vargas (1959) Palillo Vargas Heredia (1945) El Inspector Vargas (1940) Curro Vargas (1923)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Vargas

Domain	Title
Books	Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 (reference) Novel Lives: The Fictional Autobiographies of Guillermo Cabrera Infante and Mario Vargas Llosa (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Lang & Lit, 22) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Chavela Vargas, Noche Bohemia, Macorina - Mi Segundo Amor - Flor De Azalea (reference) Verdi - Falstaff / Pons, Dess�, O'Flynne, Ziegler, Manca di Nissa, Frontali, Vargas, Muti (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Vargas

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		For example, in July Leticia Moctezuma Vargas received threats because of her involvement in Tepoztlan. (references)
Children	Venezuela	Sanitation and schooling conditions for children in Vargas state continue to suffer heavily from effects of the December 1999 flooding there. (references)
Economic History	Venezuela	Vargas Reconstruction - The tragic flooding of the Venezuelan coast destroyed or severely damaged water pipeline systems, roads and other infrastructure. (references)
	Brazil	This period ended with a military coup that placed Getulio Vargas, a civilian, in the presidency; Vargas remained as dictator until 1945. From 1945 to 1961, Eurico Dutra, Vargas, Juscelino Kubitschek, and Janio Quadros were elected presidents. (references)
Human Rights	Venezuela	On December 23, 1999, DISIP agents seized Roberto Hernandez Paz in La Guaira, Vargas state. (references)
	Panama	In June Ricardo Julio Vargas, adjunct Ombudsman, unexpectedly visited La Joyita and reported witnessing human rights violations. (references)
	Nicaragua	On April 4, two police officers were involved in the shooting of 16-year-old Geovany Artola Vargas at a high school in Tipitapa. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Vargas

"Vargas" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.06% of the time. "Vargas" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	97.06%	99	32,870
Noun (plural)	2.94%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	102	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Vargas

The following table summarizes the usage of "Vargas" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Vargas	Last name	41,000	260
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Vargas

Expressions using "Vargas": Getulio Dornelles Vargas ♦ Mario Vargas Llosa ♦ Vargas Llosa. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Vargas

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fernando vargas	395
vargas	328
alberto vargas	178
raising victor vargas	91
elizabeth vargas	90
chavela vargas	80
vargas girl	65
getulio vargas	63
20 20 caribbean depp disney edward elizabeth gilbert grape johnny paradis pirate scissorhands vanessa vargas	59
circus vargas	58
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Vargas

Language		Translations for "vargas"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		argasvay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Vargas

Misspellings
	"Vargas" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: varas, Vartaq, Wargasm. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Vargas

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-r-s-v"
	-1 letter: agars, avgas, ragas, varas.
	-2 letters: agar, agas, gars, raga, rags, saga, vara, vars, vasa.
	-3 letters: aas, aga, ars, ava, gar, gas, rag, ras, sag, var, vas.
	-4 letters: aa, ag, ar, as.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-r-s-v"
	+1 letter: ravages, savager.
	+2 letters: averages, gravidas, gravitas, gravlaks, ravagers, salvager, savagery, stravage, stravaig, vagaries, vagrants.
	+3 letters: avigators, gravamens, margraves, palsgrave, salvagers, stravaged, stravages, stravaigs, vagarious, vanguards, vicarages.
	+4 letters: aggravates, graveyards, gravitases, gravitates, navigators, palsgraves, savageries, stravaging, stravaiged, subaverage, vagrancies, variegates, vulgarians.
	+5 letters: averageness, galvanizers, laborsaving, margravates, margravines, overmanages, ravagements, stravaiging, sugarloaves, vagariously, vanguardism, vanguardist, variegators, vegetarians.
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