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Basque
Pronunciation
Adjective
gozo (comparative gozoago, superlative gozoen, excessive gozoegi)
- sweet
Galician
Verb
gozo
- first-person singular present indicative of gozar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Spanish gozo (compare modern Spanish gozo), from Latin gaudium. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese goyo, goivo. Doublet of gáudio and goivo.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: go‧zo
Noun
gozo m (plural gozos)
- joy, enjoyment
- pleasure, satisfaction
- usefulness
- joke
- mockery
- (Brazil, colloquial) orgasm
- (Brazil, colloquial) semen, sperm
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔzu
- Hyphenation: go‧zo
Verb
gozo
- first-person singular present indicative of gozar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈɡoθo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈɡoso/
- Rhymes: -oθo
- Rhymes: -oso
- Syllabification: go‧zo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin gaudium.
Noun
gozo m (plural gozos)
- joy
- pleasure, enjoyment
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
gozo
- first-person singular present indicative of gozar
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