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Etymology
From ganya (“grimace”) + -ota.
Pronunciation
Noun
ganyota f (plural ganyotes)
- grimace
2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:En Batís va mirar el cel amb el casc a les mans. Feia una ganyota d'observació.- Batis looked at the sky with his helmet in his hands. He made an observational grimace.
2006, Sergi Pàmies, “Precisament parlàvem de tu”, in Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes:A la ràdio, he sentit que si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes, s'acomplirà tot el que desitges, però em fa por provar-ho, fer ganyotes i que cap desig no es faci mai més realitat- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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