gargalo

Compare garganta, gargallada, gargalo. Cognate with Portuguese gargalo.

• IPA^(key): [ɡaɾˈɣalʊ]

gargalo m (plural gargalos)

1. slot carved in a wooden clog during its elaboration
2. handle
3. bottleneck

   Synonym: gorgozo

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gargalo”, 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), “gargalo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gargalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Uncertain, but possibly onomatopoeic. Compare gargalhar and garganta.

• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: gar‧ga‧lo

gargalo m (plural gargalos)

1. bottleneck
2. throat (of a bottle etc)