gagá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gaga"

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaga.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɡa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈɡa/ [ɡɐˈɣa]

Hyphenation: ga‧gá
Rhymes: -a

Adjective

gagá m or f (plural gagás)

(informal) gaga (exhibiting deterioration in the mind; mentally senile)
Synonym: caduco

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɡa/ [ɡaˈɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ga‧gá

Adjective

gagá m or f (masculine and feminine plural gagás)

gaga

Further reading

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