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galimatias

Portuguese, noun/ɡa.li.maˈt͡ʃi.ɐs/

galimatias is spelled G-A-L-I-M-A-T-I-A-S (10 letters). Galimatias is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “galimatias; gobbledygook (meaningless speech)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “discurso enredado e confuso, cujo sentido não se pode captar”.

What does galimatias mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegalimatias; gobbledygook (meaningless speech)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. discurso enredado e confuso, cujo sentido não se pode captar

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce galimatias?

  • Brazil /ɡa.li.maˈt͡ʃi.ɐs/
  • /ɡa.li.maˈt͡ʃi.ɐʃ/
  • Portugal /ɡɐ.li.mɐˈti.ɐʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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