gola

See also: goḷa, Gola, golą, goła, gołą, and góla

English

Noun

gola (plural golas)

1. Alternative form of golah

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) gola

1. inflection of golar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡo.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡo.la]

Noun

gola f (plural goles)

1. throat

   Synonym: gorja

2. maw (mouth of a beast)

   ficar-se a la gola del llop ― to put oneself in extreme danger

3. gorget (a piece of armour)

   Synonym: gorjal

4. gluttony
5. slough, bayou
6. inlet

   Synonym: grau

7. (art) ogee

Derived terms

• golanegre
• golós
• golut

Related terms

• golafre
• goleta

References

• “gola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese *goella, from Latin *gulella, from gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔla/

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. throat

   Synonyms: garganta, gorxa

References

• “gola”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gola”, 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), “gola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gola, gula, gol (“a breeze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːla/
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

Noun

gola f (genitive singular golu, nominative plural golur)

1. breeze

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Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gola m (genitive singular gola, nominative plural golaí)

1. (anatomy) orifice

Declension

Declension of gola

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gola golaí Vocative a ghola a gholaí Genitive gola golaí Dative gola golaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gola na golaí Genitive an ghola na ngolaí Dative leis an ngola don ghola leis na golaí

Etymology 2

Noun

gola m sg

1. genitive singular of gol (“weeping, crying”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gola	ghola	ngola
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.la/
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: gó‧la

Noun

gola f (plural gole)

1. throat
2. gluttony, greed: one of i sette peccati capitali
3. gorge, defile
4. stack, flue

Related terms

• goletta
• goloso
• ingolato

 

Further reading

• gola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• algo-, goal, lago

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin gula.

Noun

gola f (plural goles)

1. (Gherdëina) craving

   Śën ei la gola de na pizza.

   Now I have a craving for pizza.

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Lindu

Noun

gola

1. sugar

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

gola f

1. Superseded spelling of góla.

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Occitan

Etymology

Cognate with French gueule. From Latin gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡola/

• Audio:

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Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. snout, face
2. opening
3. (colloquial) mouth

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 327.

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Polish

Noun

gola

1. genitive/accusative singular of gol

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Portuguese

gola

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Doublet of gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.lɐ/

• Hyphenation: go‧la

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. collar
2. cornice

Related terms

• goela

Further reading

• “gola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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Rohingya

Noun

gola

1. neck

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”). Doublet of the borrowing gula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡola/ [ˈɡo.la]
• Hyphenation: go‧la

Noun

gola f (plural golas)

1. throat
2. collar
3. (clothing) ruff
4. (architecture) cornice
5. (geography) canal
6. (archaic) gorget (a piece of armor for the throat)

Related terms

• goloso

Further reading

• “gola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani gola (“shout, scream”). Attested since the late 1960s.

Verb

gola (present golar, preterite golade, supine golat, imperative gola)

1. (slang) to snitch, to rat out

   Synonym: tjalla

Conjugation

Conjugation of gola (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	gola		golas
Supine	golat		golats
Imperative	gola		—
Imper. plural1	golen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	golar	golade	golas	golades
Ind. plural1	gola	golade	golas	golades
Subjunctive2	gole	golade	goles	golades
	Participles
Present participle	golande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• golare (“snitch”)
• golare har inga polare (“snitches get stitches”)
• golbög

References

• gola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)