gíria

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Unknown. May be related to geringonça (“argot”) and Spanish jerga (“slang, jargon”). Alternatively, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *garyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-, or a derivation from germania. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɾiɐ, -iɾjɐ Hyphenation: gí‧ri‧a === Noun === gíria f (plural gírias) jargon slang, argot, cant === References === === Further reading === “gíria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gíria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026