gargalo

== Galician == === Etymology === Compare garganta, gargallada, gargalo. Cognate with Portuguese gargalo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡaɾˈɣalʊ] === Noun === gargalo m (plural gargalos) slot carved in a wooden clog during its elaboration handle bottleneck Synonym: gorgozo === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gargalo”, 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), “gargalo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gargalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain, but possibly onomatopoeic. Compare gargalhar and garganta. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -alu Hyphenation: gar‧ga‧lo === Noun === gargalo m (plural gargalos) bottleneck (figuratively) the part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome throat (of a bottle etc.) === Further reading === “gargalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gargalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026