gargarejo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from gargarejar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/ [ɡaɦ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/ [ɡaɦ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡaɾ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaɻ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu/ [ɡɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu/ [ɡɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾɐ(j).ʒu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾe.ʒu/ [ɡɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾe.ʒu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾe.ʒu/ [ɡɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾe.ʒu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.ɡɐˈɾe.ʒu/ [ɡɐɾ.ɣɐˈɾe.ʒu]

• Rhymes: -eʒu

Noun

gargarejo m (plural gargarejos)

1. the act of gargling
2. (medicine) collutory

   Synonyms: colutório, (Brazil) enxaguante, (Portugal) elixir bucal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gargarejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gargarejar

Further reading

• “gargarejo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “gargarejo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025