gorila

See also: gorilă

Asturian

Noun

gorila m (plural goriles)

1. gorilla (ape)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorɪla]

Noun

gorila f

1. gorilla (ape)
2. bodyguard

Declension

Declension of gorila (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	gorila	gorily
genitive	gorily	goril
dative	gorile	gorilám
accusative	gorilu	gorily
vocative	gorilo	gorily
locative	gorile	gorilách
instrumental	gorilou	gorilami

Derived terms

• gorilí

 

Further reading

• “gorila”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “gorila”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊˈɾilɐ/

Noun

gorila m (plural gorilas)

1. gorilla

Portuguese

gorila

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai), a tribe of hairy women described by the Carthaginian navigator Hanno the Navigator.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾi.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾi.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾi.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈɾi.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: go‧ri‧la

Noun

gorila m (plural gorilas)

1. gorilla

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡoˈrila]

Noun

gorila f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gorilă

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gorilla (archaic)
• gorrilla (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾila/ [ɡoˈɾi.la]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: go‧ri‧la

Noun

gorila m (plural gorilas)

1. gorilla (ape)
2. bouncer; heavy
3. (derogatory) bodyguard
4. (Argentina, politics, derogatory) one who opposes Peronism

Derived terms

• gorilón

 

Further reading

• “gorila”, 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

Anagrams

• gloria
• girola
• gíralo