gago
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gago (“stutterer; stuttering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡa.ɡo]
- Hyphenation: ga‧go
Noun
gágo (feminine gaga, Basahan spelling ᜄᜄᜓ) (vulgar, offensive)
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Hyphenation: ga‧go
Noun
gago (accusative singular gagon, plural gagoj, accusative plural gagojn)
See also
Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɣo̝/
Noun
gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)
- stuttering
- nasal (voice)
Derived terms
- gagueira
- gaguexar
- gaguexo
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “Gago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gago”, 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), “gago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gago”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Adjective
gago
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡaː.ɡo]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: ga‧go
Noun
gágo
- act of hiding, putting away, concealing
Derived terms
- gagoen
- igago
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gágo”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155
- Allen, Larry (2021) “gágo”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
- Wallace, Judy (2018) “gago”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish gago.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɡu/ [ˈɡa.ɣu]
- Rhymes: -aɡu
- Hyphenation: ga‧go
Noun
gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas, comparable)
- stuttering
- (Portugal, figurative) clumsy (awkward, lacking coordination)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gago”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “gago”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “gago”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡa.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: ga‧go
Noun
gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
- stutterer (one who stutters)
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)
Further reading
- “gago”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- GG, g*go — bowdlerization
- gagi, gagstik — minced oath
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gago (“one who stutters”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡaː.ɣo]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: ga‧go
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
- (vulgar, derogatory) foolish; stupid
- (vulgar, derogatory) contemptible; obnoxious
- (uncommon, offensive) stuttering; stammering
- Synonym: at-at
Derived terms
See also
Noun
gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
- (vulgar, derogatory) fool; stupid person; contemptible person
- (vulgar, derogatory) jerk; bastard
- Synonym: ogag
- (uncommon, offensive) stuttering person
Interjection
gago (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)