gargallo

See also: Gargallo

Galician

Etymology 1

Compare garganta, gargallada, gargalo. Cognate with Portuguese gargalho and Spanish gargajo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaɾˈɣaʎʊ]

Noun

gargallo m (plural gargallos)

1. phlegm

   Synonyms: esgarro, flegma

2. twig, branch
3. (figurative) skinny person

Derived terms

• Gargallo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gargal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gargallo”, 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), “gargallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gargallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

gargallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gargallar