gargallar
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably onomatopoeic (compare Portuguese gargalhar, Spanish carcajada), but compare also garganta (“throat”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgargallar (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- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gargallar”, 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), “gargallar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agargallar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN