gago

See also: Gago and Gagó

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gago (“stutterer; stuttering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡa.ɡo]
• Hyphenation: ga‧go

Noun

gágo (feminine gaga, Basahan spelling ᜄᜄᜓ) (vulgar, offensive)

1. jerk; bastard
2. fool; stupid person; contemptible person

   Synonyms: bobo, patal

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɡo]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Hyphenation: ga‧go

Noun

gago (accusative singular gagon, plural gagoj, accusative plural gagojn)

1. gag, joke

See also

• ŝerco

Galician

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɣo̝/

Noun

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)

1. stutterer (one who stutters)
2. one who speaks nasally

Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)

1. stuttering
2. nasal (voice)

Derived terms

• gagueira
• gaguexar
• gaguexo

 

Related terms

• tatexo
• tato

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “Gago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gago.

Adjective

gago

1. ignorant

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡaː.ɡo]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: ga‧go

Noun

gágo

1. act of hiding, putting away, concealing

Derived terms

• igago

 

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gágo”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎^[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155

Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish gago.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ɡu/ [ˈɡa.ɣu]

• Rhymes: -aɡu
• Hyphenation: ga‧go

Noun

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)

1. stutterer (one who stutters)

   Synonyms: tartamudo, balbo, tátaro

Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas, comparable)

1. stuttering
2. (Portugal, figurative) clumsy (awkward, lacking coordination)

Derived terms

• gagueira
• gaguejar
• gaguez
• gaguice

 

Further reading

• “gago”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “gago”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “gago”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Anagrams

• goga

Spanish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡa.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: ga‧go

Noun

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)

1. stutterer (one who stutters)

Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)

1. stuttering

Further reading

• “gago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• GG, g*go — bowdlerization
• gagi, gagstik — minced oath

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gago (“one who stutters”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡaː.ɣo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡo
• Syllabification: ga‧go

Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)

1. (vulgar, derogatory) foolish; stupid

   Synonyms: bobo, tanga, hangal, estupido, mangmang, tonto, gunggong, ogag, (Batangas) usbaw

   Hoy, napakagago mo naman!

   Hey, you're so stupid!

2. (vulgar, derogatory) contemptible; obnoxious

   Synonyms: loko, ogag

3. (uncommon, offensive) stuttering; stammering

   Synonym: at-at

Derived terms

• gaguhin
• kagaguhan
• magago
• maggagu-gaguhan
• magkanggagago
• makigago
• manggago
• nakakagago
• ogag
• ogags

 

See also

• baliw
• buang

 

Noun

gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)

1. (vulgar, derogatory) fool; stupid person; contemptible person

   Synonyms: tanga, ogag

   'Gago ka talaga!

   You're really stupid!

2. (vulgar, derogatory) jerk; bastard

   Synonym: ogag

3. (uncommon, offensive) stuttering person

Interjection

gago (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)

1. (vulgar, slang) mindless swear of frustration: shit!; fuck!

   Ay gago!

   Ah shit!

Anagrams

• ogag