gorila

gorila m (plural goriles)

1. gorilla (ape)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorɪla]

gorila f

1. gorilla (ape)
2. bodyguard

• “gorila”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “gorila”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /ɡʊˈɾilɐ/

gorila m (plural gorilas)

1. gorilla

Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai), a tribe of hairy women described by the Carthaginian navigator Hanno the Navigator.

• Rhymes: -ilɐ
• Hyphenation: go‧ri‧la

gorila m (plural gorilas)

1. gorilla (large ape)

• → Tetum: gorila

• “gorila”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “gorila”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): [ɡoˈrila]

gorila f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gorilă

• gorilla (archaic)
• gorrilla (archaic)

Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈɾila/ [ɡoˈɾi.la]

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: go‧ri‧la

gorila m (plural gorilas)

1. gorilla (ape)
2. bouncer; heavy
3. (derogatory) bodyguard
4. (Argentina, politics, derogatory) one who opposes Peronism

• “gorila”, 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

• gloria
• girola
• gíralo