gorxa

Asturian

Noun

gorxa f (plural gorxes)

1. throat; gullet

Further reading

• “gorxa”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “gorxa”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• gorja (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, likely connected to Latin gurges (“a whirlpool, eddy, gulf or sea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɾʃa/ [ˈɡɔɾ.ʃɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡɔɾʃa/ [ˈɡɔɾ.ʃɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħɔɾʃa/ [ˈħɔɾ.ʃɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɔɾʃa
• Hyphenation: gor‧xa

Noun

gorxa f (plural gorxas)

1. (anatomy) gorge, gullet, throat

   Synonym: garganta

   • c. 1840, Ramón Varela Vahamonde, Conversa entre os arrieiros:

     A muller do Serafiño
     Por unha pinga rabéa,
     Quérea de cote a probiña,
     E se non bebe, toléa.
     Parece un longo varal,
     tratándose de viño,
     Gorxa tan ancha ela mostra
     Com’a canle dun bô muíño.
     Pro, se non vai por azumbres,
     Logo dí qu’é pouquiniño.

     Serafin's wife
     for a drop rages;
     she wants it all the time, poor thing,
     and if she doesn't drink she goes mad.
     She seems a long rod,
     but when it is about wine,
     she shows a gorge as wide
     as the flume of a good mill.
     But, if it doesn't come by gallons,
     soon she said that it is too little.

Related terms

• gorgoiro
• gorgueira
• gurgullón

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “gorg”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gorxa”, 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), “gorxa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gorxa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “gorxa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025