Feminine

garganta

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine) throat (posterior region of the oral cavity)
  2. (feminine) throat (anterior-superior part of the neck)
  3. (feminine) canyon, narrow (narrow passage between mountains)
  4. (feminine, figuratively) voice
  5. (feminine, figuratively) verbiage
  6. (feminine, figuratively) boast

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language [Term?] (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

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