gigolô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gigolo"

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

French gigue

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ette

French gigolette

French -lo

French gigolobor.

Portuguese gigolô

Borrowed from French gigolo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡoˈlo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒi.ɡoˈlo/ [ʒi.ɣoˈlo]

• Rhymes: -o
• Hyphenation: gi‧go‧lô

Noun

gigolô m (plural gigolôs)

1. gigolo (male having sexual relationships for money; a male prostitute)

   Synonym: prostituto

2. a man who lives off someone else's money, especially a woman's; a kept man; a ponce

   Synonym: chulo

See also

• prostituição
• prostituído
• prostituta

Further reading

• “gigolô”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gigolô”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “gigolô”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026