gigolô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gigolo"

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gigolo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡoˈlo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡoˈlo/ [ʒi.ɣoˈlo]

• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: gi‧go‧lô

Noun

gigolô m (plural gigolôs)

1. gigolo (male having sexual relationships for money; a male prostitute)

   Synonym: prostituto

2. a man that survives with the money of someone else, especially a woman

   Synonym: chulo

See also

• prostituição
• prostituído
• prostituta

 

Further reading

• “gigolô”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024