Esperanto

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Etymology

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From French gargariser, ultimately from Latin gargarizo. Compare Spanish gargarizar, Portuguese gargarejar, Hungarian gargarizál.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡarˈɡari]
  • Rhymes: -ari
  • Hyphenation: gar‧ga‧ri

Verb

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gargari (present gargaras, past gargaris, future gargaros, conditional gargarus, volitive gargaru)

  1. (transitive) to gargle (to clean the mouth or throat with water or another liquid)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to poorly or confusingly mispronounce something

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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