gorgoteo
Spanish, noun
gorgoteo is spelled G-O-R-G-O-T-E-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 210,939th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gorgoteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “gurgle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gorgotear. With an accent, gorgoteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of gorgotear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de gorgotear”.
What does gorgoteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegurgle
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gorgotear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of gorgotear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de gorgotear; 2. Ruido producido por el movimiento de un líquido o un gas en el interior de alguna cavidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gorgoteo
- gorgoteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gorgoteo in Spanish?
gorgoteo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).