# gago
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gago (“stutterer; stuttering”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡa.ɡo]
* Hyphenation: ga‧go

### Noun

gágo (feminine gaga, Basahan spelling ᜄᜄᜓ) (vulgar, offensive)
* jerk; bastard
* fool; stupid person; contemptible person
    Synonyms: bobo, patal

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaɡo]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Hyphenation: ga‧go

### Noun

gago (accusative singular gagon, plural gagoj, accusative plural gagojn)
* gag, joke

#### See also

* ŝerco

## Galician
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɣo̝/

### Noun

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
* stutterer (one who stutters)
* one who speaks nasally

### Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)
* stuttering
* nasal (voice)

#### Derived terms

* gagueira
* gaguexar
* gaguexo

#### Related terms

* tatexo
* tato

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gago”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “Gago” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gago”, 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), “gago”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gago”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “gago”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gago.

### Adjective

gago
* ignorant

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡaː.ɡo]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: ga‧go

### Noun

gágo
* act of hiding, putting away, concealing

#### Derived terms

* gagoen
* igago

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gágo”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155
* Allen, Larry (2021) “gágo”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary‎, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish gago.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡu/ [ˈɡa.ɣu]
* Rhymes: -aɡu
* Hyphenation: ga‧go

### Noun

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
* stutterer (one who stutters)
    Synonyms: tartamudo, balbo, tátaro

### Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas, comparable)
* stuttering
* (Portugal, figurative) clumsy (awkward, lacking coordination)

#### Derived terms

* gagueira
* gaguejar
* gaguez
* gaguice

### Further reading

* “gago”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
* “gago”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “gago”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

### Anagrams

* goga

## Spanish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡa.ɣ̞o]
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: ga‧go

### Noun

gago m (plural gagos, feminine gaga, feminine plural gagas)
* stutterer (one who stutters)

### Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, masculine plural gagos, feminine plural gagas)
* stuttering

### Further reading

* “gago”, 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

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* GG, g*go — bowdlerization
* gagi, gagstik — minced oath

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gago (“one who stutters”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaɡo/ [ˈɡaː.ɣo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡo
* Syllabification: ga‧go

### Adjective

gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
* (vulgar, derogatory) foolish; stupid
    Synonyms: bobo, tanga, hangal, estupido, mangmang, tonto, gunggong, ogag, (Batangas) usbaw
    Hoy, napakagago mo naman!Hey, you're so stupid!
* (vulgar, derogatory) contemptible; obnoxious
    Synonyms: loko, ogag
* (uncommon, offensive) stuttering; stammering
    Synonym: at-at

#### Derived terms

* gaguhin
* kagaguhan
* magago
* maggagu-gaguhan
* magkanggagago
* makigago
* manggago
* nakakagago
* ogag
* ogags

#### See also

* baliw
* buang

### Noun

gago (feminine gaga, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
* (vulgar, derogatory) fool; stupid person; contemptible person
    Synonyms: tanga, ogag
    'Gago ka talaga!You're really stupid!
* (vulgar, derogatory) jerk; bastard
    Synonym: ogag
* (uncommon, offensive) stuttering person

### Interjection

gago (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄᜓ)
* (vulgar, slang) mindless swear of frustration: shit!; fuck!
    Ay gago!Ah shit!

### Anagrams

* ogag