garganta

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to shallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈɣanta̝/

Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)

1. (anatomy) throat

   Synonym: gorxa

2. (anatomy) gullet
3. gorge

   Synonym: desfiladeiro

Derived terms

• gargantada
• gargantilla

Related terms

• gargal
• gargallada
• gargallo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garganta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garganta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garganta”, 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), “garganta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garganta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡarˈɡanto]

• Audio:

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Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)

1. (anatomy) throat

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese garganta and Spanish garganta.

Noun

garganta

1. neck
2. throat

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.ˈɣɐ̃.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ

Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)

1. (anatomy) throat

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Spanish

Garganta a la izquierda de la altura media de la imagen (throat in the left middle height of image).

la Garganta Verde en España

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, garg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)

1. (anatomy) throat
2. (geography) gorge

Derived terms

• garganta profunda

 

Hypernyms

• cuello m

Hyponyms

• esófago m
• laringe f
• tráquea f

Descendants

• French: Gargantua (a character from François Rabelais's 16th century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel.)
  • English: gargantuan
  • French: gargantuesque
• → Haitian Creole: gagann

Further reading

• “garganta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014