gargarejo
Portuguese, noun/ɡaʁ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/
gargarejo is spelled G-A-R-G-A-R-E-J-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gargarejo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the act of gargling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gargarejar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agitação de líquido na garganta pelo ar que se expele da laringe”.
What does gargarejo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe act of gargling
- 2
masculinecollutory
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gargarejar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. agitação de líquido na garganta pelo ar que se expele da laringe 2. o líquido gargarejado
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 gargarejo
- gargarejos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gargarejo?
- Brazil /ɡaʁ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/
- Brazil [ɡaɦ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu]
- /ɡaɾ.ɡaˈɾe.ʒu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gargarejo in Portuguese?
gargarejo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).