gargallar

Galician

Alternative forms

• gargalhar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic (compare Portuguese gargalhar, Spanish carcajada), but compare also garganta (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾɣaˈʎaɾ/

Verb

gargallar (first-person singular present gargallo, first-person singular preterite gargallei, past participle gargallado)

1. (intransitive) to guffaw

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gargallar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	gargallar
Personal	gargallar	gargallares	gargallar	gargallarmos	gargallardes	gargallaren
Gerund
	gargallando
Past participle
Masculine	gargallado			gargallados
Feminine	gargallada			gargalladas
Indicative
Present	gargallo	gargallas	gargalla	gargallamos	gargallades	gargallan
Imperfect	gargallaba	gargallabas	gargallaba	gargallabamos	gargallabades	gargallaban
Preterite	gargallei	gargallaches	gargallou	gargallamos	gargallastes	gargallaron
Pluperfect	gargallara	gargallaras	gargallara	gargallaramos	gargallarades	gargallaran
Future	gargallarei	gargallarás	gargallará	gargallaremos	gargallaredes	gargallarán
Conditional	gargallaría	gargallarías	gargallaría	gargallariamos	gargallariades	gargallarían
Subjunctive
Present	gargalle	gargalles	gargalle	gargallemos	gargalledes	gargallen
Imperfect	gargallase	gargallases	gargallase	gargallásemos	gargallásedes	gargallasen
Future	gargallar	gargallares	gargallar	gargallarmos	gargallardes	gargallaren
Imperative
Affirmative		gargalla	gargalle	gargallemos	gargallade	gargallen
Negative (non)		non gargalles	non gargalle	non gargallemos	non gargalledes	non gargallen

Derived terms

• gargallada (“guffaw”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gargallar”, 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), “gargallar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agargallar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN