Polyglot Dictionary

garganta

/ɡaɾˈɣanta/

la noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las gargantas

Meaning

  1. throat

    • Me duele la garganta.

      My throat hurts.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

gaznate

gaznate is more colloquial or informal, slang for "throat"; garganta is the standard anatomical term.

Similar in other languages

German

Kehle

Kehle is the German word for the same thing — both mean "throat."

Portuguese

garganta

garganta is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "throat."

Practice

1 What does garganta mean?

2 Fill the gap: Me duele la ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches garganta?

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