gargallar
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably onomatopoeic (compare Portuguese gargalhar, Spanish carcajada), but compare also garganta (“throat”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gargallar (first-person singular present gargallo, first-person singular preterite gargallei, past participle gargallado)
- (intransitive) to guffaw
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gargallar
Derived terms edit
- gargallada (“guffaw”)
References edit
- “gargallar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gargallar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “agargallar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.