gorila
See also: gorilă
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡorɪla]
Declension
Derived terms
Portuguese

gorila
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai), a tribe of hairy women described by the Carthaginian navigator Hanno the Navigator.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡoˈrila]
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡoˈɾila/ [ɡoˈɾi.la]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ila
- Syllabification: go‧ri‧la
Noun
gorila m (plural gorilas)
- gorilla (ape)
- bouncer; heavy
- (derogatory) bodyguard
- (Argentina, politics, derogatory) one who opposes Peronism
Derived terms
- gorilón
Further reading
- “gorila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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