garganta
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Garganta a la izquierda de la altura media de la imagen (throat in the left middle height of image). 
la Garganta Verde en España
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”) and English craw (from Proto-Germanic *k(w)ragan(þ)-),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”).[2][3] Alternatively, onomatopoeic.[4]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -anta
- Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garganta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garganta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garganta”, 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), “garganta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garganta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Van Sluis, Paulus, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, Kroonen, Guus (2023 May 11) “European Prehistory between Celtic and Germanic: The Celto-Germanic Isoglosses Revisited”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev (eds.), editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, 1 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-26, page 191
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese garganta and Spanish garganta.
Noun
garganta
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
- Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
- (anatomy) throat (posterior region of the oral cavity)
- (anatomy) throat (anterior-superior part of the neck)
- canyon, narrow (narrow passage between mountains)
- (figuratively) voice
- (figuratively) verbiage
- (figuratively) boast
Descendants
- North Moluccan Malay: gargantang
- Papiamentu: garganta
Further reading
- “garganta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “garganta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
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Etymology
From a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”) and English craw (from Proto-Germanic *k(w)ragan(þ)-),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”).[2][3] Alternatively, onomatopoeic.[4] Compare English gargle.
Pronunciation
Noun
garganta f (plural gargantas)
- (anatomy) throat
- (geography) gorge
- Synonym: desfiladero
Hypernyms
- cuello m
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- French: Gargantua (a character from François Rabelais's 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel.)
- English: gargantuan
- French: gargantuesque
- → Haitian Creole: gagann
References
- ^ Van Sluis, Paulus, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, Kroonen, Guus (2023 May 11) “European Prehistory between Celtic and Germanic: The Celto-Germanic Isoglosses Revisited”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev (eds.), editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, 1 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-26, page 191
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “garganta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10