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Gozo

Gozo

See also: gozo and gozó

English

Proper noun

Gozo

  1. The second-largest island of the Republic of Malta.

Translations


French

Proper noun

Gozo

  1. Gozo

Italian

Proper noun

Gozo f

  1. Gozo

gozo

gozo

See also: Gozo and gozó

Basque

Adjective

gozo

  1. sweet

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Old Spanish gozo (compare modern Spanish gozo), from Latin gaudium. Displaced Old Portuguese goyo, goivo. Doublet of gáudio and goivo.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡo.zu/
  • Hyphenation: go‧zo
  • Rhymes: -ozu

Noun

gozo m (plural gozos)

  1. joy, enjoyment
  2. pleasure, satisfaction
  3. usefulness
  4. joke
  5. (Brazil, colloquial) orgasm
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.zu/
  • Hyphenation: go‧zo

Verb

gozo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gozar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gaudium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡo.θo/, /'go.so/
  • Hyphenation: go‧zo

Noun

gozo m (plural gozos)

  1. joy
  2. pleasure, enjoyment

Derived terms

Verb

gozo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of gozar.