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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesestarrecer-se
Pronunciation / Transliteration: estarrecer-se
"Ficou a olhar de boca aberta para o monumento."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To stare with the mouth open wide in amazement, wonder, or stupidity.
"Tourists gathered to gape at the magnificent architecture of the cathedral."
- 1
A wide opening, breach, or cleft in something.
"There was a wide gape in the old wooden fence where the boards had fallen away."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old Norse 'gapa' meaning to open the mouth wide, akin to Old English 'ġēap' meaning wide or spacious. Historically used to describe physical gaping of the mouth in wonder or fatigue, evolving to encompass wide openings in physical structures.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gape" is said worldwide
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bâiller
Transliteration: bâiller
"Il est resté à bâiller devant la vitrine."
gaffen
Transliteration: gaffen
"Die Leute blieben stehen und gafften."
rimanere a bocca aperta
Transliteration: rimanere a bocca aperta
"Tutti rimasero a bocca aperta per la sorpresa."
embobarse
Transliteration: embobarse
"Se quedó embobado mirando el escaparate."
estarrecer-se
Transliteration: estarrecer-se
"Ficou a olhar de boca aberta para o monumento."
मुंह खुला रखना
Transliteration: munh khula rakhna
"वह आश्चर्य से मुंह खुलाए देखता रहा।"
目瞪口呆
Transliteration: mù dèng kǒu dāi
"游客们都目瞪口呆地看着这座宏伟的建筑。"
입을 벌리고 바라보다
Transliteration: ibeul beolligo baraboda
"관광객들이 입을 벌리고 건물을 바라보았다."
ぽカンと口を開ける
Transliteration: pokan to kuchi o akeru
Script: ぽかんと口を開ける
"彼は驚いてぽかんと口を開けていた。"
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