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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gago (“stutterer; stuttering”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/
- Hyphenation: ga‧go
Noun
gágo (feminine gaga, Basahan spelling ᜄᜄᜓ) (vulgar, offensive)
- jerk; bastard
- fool; stupid person; contemptible person
- Synonyms: bobo, patal
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from English gag.
Pronunciation
Noun
gago (accusative singular gagon, plural gagoj, accusative plural gagojn)
- gag, joke
See also
Galician
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
- stutterer (one who stutters)
- one who speaks nasally
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)
- stuttering
- nasal (voice)
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “Gago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gago”, 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), “gago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gago.
Adjective
gago
- ignorant
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
- (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: ga‧go
Noun
gágo
- act of hiding, putting away, concealing
Derived terms
References
- Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gágo”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155
Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish gago.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɡu
- Hyphenation: ga‧go
Noun
gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
- stutterer (one who stutters)
- Synonyms: tartamudo, balbo, tátaro
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas, comparable)
- stuttering
- (Portugal, figurative) clumsy (awkward, lacking coordination)
Derived terms
Further reading
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡo/
- Rhymes: -aɡo
- Syllabification: ga‧go
Noun
gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
- stutterer (one who stutters)
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)
- stuttering
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gago (“one who stutters”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
- (vulgar, derogatory) foolish; stupid
- Synonyms: bobo, tanga, hangal, estupido, mangmang, tonto, gunggong, ogag, (Batangas) usbaw
Hoy, napakagago mo naman!- Hey, you're so stupid!
- (vulgar, derogatory) contemptible; obnoxious
- Synonyms: loko, ogag
- (uncommon, offensive) stuttering; stammering
- Synonym: at-at
Derived terms
See also
Noun
gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
- (vulgar, derogatory) fool; stupid person; contemptible person
- Synonyms: tanga, ogag
'Gago ka talaga!- You're really stupid!
- (vulgar, derogatory) jerk; bastard
- Synonym: ogag
- (uncommon, offensive) stuttering person
Interjection
gago (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
- (vulgar, slang) mindless swear of frustration: shit!; fuck!
Anagrams