gorgolejo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from gorgolejar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁ.ɡoˈle.ʒu/ [ɡoɦ.ɡoˈle.ʒu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɡoɾ.ɡoˈle.ʒu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁ.ɡoˈle.ʒu/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɡoɻ.ɡoˈle.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡoʁ.ɡoˈle.ʒo/ [ɡoɦ.ɡoˈle.ʒo]

Noun

gorgolejo m (plural gorgolejos)

gurgle (bubbling sound in a pipe)

Etymology 2

Verb

gorgolejo

first-person singular present indicative of gorgolejar

Further reading

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