# garganta
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”) and English craw (from Proto-Germanic *k(w)ragan(þ)-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡɑɾˈɣ̞ɑn̪.t̪ɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡɑɾˈɣ̞ɑn̪.t̪ɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ħaɾˈħanta/ [ħɑɾˈħɑn̪.t̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anta
* Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta

### Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)
* (anatomy) throat
    Synonym: gorxa
* (anatomy) gullet
* gorge
    Synonym: desfiladeiro

#### Derived terms

* gargantada
* gargantilla

#### Related terms

* gargal
* gargallada
* gargallo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “garganta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garganta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “garganta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “garganta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garganta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Van Sluis, Paulus, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, Kroonen, Guus (2023 May 11) “European Prehistory between Celtic and Germanic: The Celto-Germanic Isoglosses Revisited”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev (eds.), editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, 1 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-26, page 191
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
* ↑ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡarˈɡanto]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)
* (anatomy) throat

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese garganta and Spanish garganta.

### Noun

garganta
* neck
* throat

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese garganta; from a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡaɦˈɡɐ̃.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡaɦˈɡɐ̃.tɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡaɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡaʁˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡaɻˈɡɐ̃.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐɾˈɡɐ̃.tɐ/ [ɡɐɾˈɣɐ̃.tɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɐ
* Hyphenation: gar‧gan‧ta

### Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)
* (anatomy) throat (posterior region of the oral cavity)
* (anatomy) throat (anterior-superior part of the neck)
* canyon, narrow (narrow passage between mountains)
* (figuratively) voice
* (figuratively) verbiage
* (figuratively) boast

#### Descendants

* North Moluccan Malay: gargantang
* Papiamentu: garganta

### Further reading

* “garganta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “garganta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a substrate language *gʷr̥h₃gn̥t- (“throat”), cognate with Proto-Celtic *brāgants (“neck, throat”) and English craw (from Proto-Germanic *k(w)ragan(þ)-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Alternatively, onomatopoeic. Compare English gargle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaɾˈɡanta/ [ɡaɾˈɣ̞ãn̪.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -anta
* Syllabification: gar‧gan‧ta

### Noun

garganta f (plural gargantas)
* (anatomy) throat
* (geography) gorge
    Synonym: desfiladero

#### Hypernyms

* cuello m

#### Hyponyms

* esófago m
* laringe f
* tráquea f

#### Derived terms

* garganta profunda
* nudo en la garganta

#### Descendants

* French: Gargantua (a character from François Rabelais's 16th-century pentalogy The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel.)
** English: gargantuan
** French: gargantuesque
* → Haitian Creole: gagann

### References

* ↑ Van Sluis, Paulus, Jørgensen, Anders Richardt, Kroonen, Guus (2023 May 11) “European Prehistory between Celtic and Germanic: The Celto-Germanic Isoglosses Revisited”, in Kristian Kristiansen, Guus Kroonen, Eske Willerslev (eds.), editors, The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited, 1 edition, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-26, page 191
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 72-73
* ↑ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 330-331. →ISBN.
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “garganta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “garganta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10