gola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl̪ˠə/, /ˈɡɔlˠə/^[1]

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.la/
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: gó‧la

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gola f (plural gole)

1. throat
2. gluttony, greed: one of i sette peccati capitali
3. gorge, defile
4. stack, flue

Further reading

• gola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• algo-, goal, lago

Etymology

From Latin gula.

Noun

gola f (plural goles)

1. (Gherdëina) craving

   Śën ei la gola de na pizza.

   Now I have a craving for pizza.

Noun

gola

1. sugar

Noun

gola f

1. Superseded spelling of góla.

Etymology

Cognate with French gueule. From Latin gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡola/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. snout, face
2. opening
3. (colloquial) mouth

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 327.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: go‧la

Noun

gola

1. genitive/accusative singular of gol

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Doublet of gula.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: go‧la

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. collar
2. cornice

Further reading

• “gola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Noun

gola

1. neck

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Doublet of the borrowing gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡola/ [ˈɡo.la]
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: go‧la

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. throat
2. collar
3. (clothing) ruff
4. (architecture) cornice
5. (geography) canal
6. (archaic) gorget (a piece of armor for the throat)

Further reading

• “gola”, 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

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani gola (“shout, scream”). Attested since the late 1960s.

Verb

gola (present golar, preterite golade, supine golat, imperative gola)

1. (slang, sometimes with ner (“down”)) to snitch, to rat out

   Synonym: tjalla

   Jag tror jag vet vem det var som golade

   I think I know who ratted us out

   gola ner någon

   rat someone out

References

• gola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kʊ́da.

Verb

gola

1. (intransitive) to grow, to increase
2. (intransitive) to mature