gárgula

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.ɡu.lɐ/ [ˈɡaɦ.ɡu.lɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.ɡu.lɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.ɡu.lɐ/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɻ.ɡu.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.ɡu.la/ [ˈɡaɦ.ɡu.la]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.ɡu.lɐ/ [ˈɡaɾ.ɣu.lɐ]

Hyphenation: gár‧gu‧la

Noun

gárgula f or (rare, nonstandard) m (plural gárgulas)

(architecture) gargoyle (carved grotesque figure on a spout)
(fantasy) gargoyle (grotesque winged creature)

Further reading

“gárgula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“gárgula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026