gaga

English

See also: gagá, gagà, ğağa, ga-ga, and -gaga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/

Etymology 1

From French gaga

Adjective

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

1. (informal) Mentally senile.

   The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.

2. (informal) Crazy.

   You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.

   • 1975, Bellow, Saul, Humboldt's Gift, Viking, page ??:

     Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?

3. (informal) Infatuated.

   The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.

Usage notes

• As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.

Translations

senile

• Bulgarian: изкуфял (bg) (izkufjal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 老糊涂 (zh)

• Finnish: pöpi (fi), vanhuudenhöperö (fi), hullu (fi)
• French: gaga (fr), neuneu (fr), zinzin (fr), gâteux (fr)
• Georgian: მოხუცი (moxuci)

• German: senil (de), tüdelig (de)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: gagá (pt), caduco (pt)
• Russian: ста́рческий (ru) (stárčeskij), дря́хлый (ru) (drjáxlyj), сени́льный (ru) (senílʹnyj)
• Spanish: gc-gc, cucú (es)
• Swedish: gaggig (sv)

crazy

• Catalan: boig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂热的, 疯疯癫癫的

• Finnish: pöpi (fi), hullu (fi)
• French: gaga (fr), neuneu (fr), zinzin (fr)
• Georgian: გიჟი (giži), ჭკუაზე შეშლილი (č̣ḳuaze šešlili)
• German: verrückt (de), bekloppt (de), plemplem (de), gaga (de)
• Hiligaynon: buang

• Italian: pazzo (it) m
• Latin: insanus m
• Norwegian: gal (no)
• Portuguese: pirado (pt), biruta (pt), lelé, tantã (pt), abilolado (pt) m
• Russian: слабоу́мный (ru) (slaboúmnyj), вы́живший из ума́ (výživšij iz umá), сумасше́дший (ru) (sumasšédšij), чо́кнутый (ru) (čóknutyj), спя́тивший (ru) (spjátivšij), шизану́тый (ru) (šizanútyj), рехну́вшийся (ru) (rexnúvšijsja)
• Spanish: loco (es) m, pirado (es), trastornado (es)
• Tagalog: baliw (tl)

infatuated

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狂热的

• Czech: poblázněný
• Finnish: hullu (fi)
• French: gaga (fr)

• Georgian: მოხიბლული (moxibluli), გაგიჟებული (gagižebuli)
• German: verknallt (de)
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: очаро́ванный (ru) (očaróvannyj), обалде́вший (ru) (obaldévšij) (colloquial)
• Spanish: enamorado (es)

Etymology 2

Noun

gaga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)

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Balinese

Romanization

gaga

1. Romanization of ᬕᬕ
2. Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ

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Barngarla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga

1. head

References

• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56.
  Part 1 Part 2
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
• Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
  https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

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French

Etymology

Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɡa/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)

1. (informal) gaga (senile)
2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

Synonyms

senile

• fou
• foufou
• gâteux
• neuneu
• zinzin

crazy

• fou
• foufou
• neuneu
• zinzin

Further reading

• “gaga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Ga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga (plural gagai)

1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

See also

• tsatsu
• tsatsutsuru
• gbense

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Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga

1. wine

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaɡa]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ga

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

gaga (not comparable)

1. (predicative, colloquial) gaga

Further reading

• “gaga” in Duden online

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Japanese

Romanization

gaga

1. Rōmaji transcription of がが

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Lindu

Adverb

gaga

1. very

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Tagalog

Etymology

• From gago

Adjective

gaga

1. (vulgar) (feminine) an idiot, asshole

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Turkish

gagalar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غاغا‎.

Noun

gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

1. bill, beak

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	gaga
Definite accusative	gagayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gaga	gagalar
Definite accusative	gagayı	gagaları
Dative	gagaya	gagalara
Locative	gagada	gagalarda
Ablative	gagadan	gagalardan
Genitive	gaganın	gagaların

Derived terms

• gagalamak

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “غاغا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334