gargalhada
Portuguese, noun/ɡaʁ.ɡaˈʎa.dɐ/
gargalhada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “laughter (sustained)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “risada prolongada e ruidosa”.
What does gargalhada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelaughter (sustained)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. risada prolongada e ruidosa 2. cachinada
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.
Forms of gargalhada
- gargalhadas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gargalhada?
- Brazil /ɡaʁ.ɡaˈʎa.dɐ/
- Brazil [ɡaɦ.ɡaˈʎa.dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gargalhada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gargalhada in Portuguese?
gargalhada appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).