tagarela

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.ɡaˈɾɛ.lɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.ɡɐˈɾɛ.lɐ/ [tɐ.ɣɐˈɾɛ.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: ta‧ga‧re‧la

Etymology 1

FWOTD – 24 May 2022

Probably from Arabic تَكَلَّم (takallam, “to talk”).

Adjective

tagarela m or f (plural tagarelas, comparable, comparative mais tagarela, superlative o mais tagarela or tagarelíssimo)

1. blabbermouthed; talkative; excessively chatty
   • 2008, Cyro dos Anjos, Abdias, 6th edition, Editora Globo, page 76:

     Por que estou, hoje, tão agitado e tagarela?

     Why am I so agitated and talkative today?

Noun

tagarela m or f by sense (plural tagarelas)

1. chatterbox; blabbermouth (someone who talks or gossips excessively)

   Synonym: falador

   • 2016, Simone Fraga, Minha pequena grande mulher, 3rd edition, Qualis, page 218:

     Sua tagarela, fique quieta.

     Be quiet, you blabbermouth!

Etymology 2

Verb

tagarela

1. inflection of tagarelar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tagarela”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “tagarela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024