I gargle three times a day.
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Gargle
//ˈɡɑːɡəl//
Synonyms for "gargle" (86 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
64 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- γαργαρίζω verb (to clean one's mouth)
Arabic
3 entries- اتْمَضْمَض verb (to clean one's mouth)
- تَمَضْمَضَ verb (to clean one's mouth)
- غَرْغَرَ verb (to clean one's mouth)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гаргара noun (sound)
- правя гаргара verb (to clean one's mouth)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 𠺘口 verb (to clean one's mouth)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 洗漱 verb (to clean a specific part of the body by gargling)
- 漱 verb (to clean one's mouth)
- 漱口 verb (to clean one's mouth)
Czech
3 entries- kloktadlo noun (liquid)
- kloktat verb (to clean one's mouth)
- kloktat verb (to make such a sound)
Dutch
3 entries- gorgeldrank noun (liquid)
- gorgelen verb (to clean one's mouth)
- gorgelen verb (to make such a sound)
Esperanto
2 entries- gargaraĵo noun (liquid)
- gargari verb (to clean one's mouth)
Finnish
4 entries- kurlaus noun (sound)
- kurlausneste noun (liquid)
- kurlata verb (to clean one's mouth)
- kurlata verb (to clean a specific part of the body by gargling)
French
4 entries- gargarisme noun (liquid)
- faire des gargarismes verb (to use a liquid for purposes of gargling)
- gargariser verb (to use a liquid for purposes of gargling)
- se gargariser verb (to clean one's mouth)
Georgian
1 entries- ყელის გამოვლება verb (to clean one's mouth)
German
4 entries- Gurgellösung noun (liquid)
- Gurgelwasser noun (liquid)
- gurgeln verb (to clean one's mouth)
- gurgeln verb (to make such a sound)
Greek
2 entries- γαργάρα noun (liquid)
- γαργάρα noun (sound)
Gujarati
1 entries- કોગળો કરવું verb (to clean one's mouth)
Hungarian
2 entries- gargarizál verb (to clean one's mouth)
- gargarizál verb (to make such a sound)
Japanese
1 entries- 嗽する verb (to clean one's mouth)
Kazakh
1 entries- шаю verb (to clean one's mouth)
Māori
4 entries- rongoā whakararā noun (liquid)
- whakararā verb (to clean one's mouth)
- whakararā verb (to make such a sound)
- whakararā verb (to clean a specific part of the body by gargling)
Old English
1 entries- swillan verb (to clean one's mouth)
Persian
3 entries- غرغره noun (liquid)
- غرغره noun (sound)
- غرغره کردن verb (to clean one's mouth)
Portuguese
1 entries- gargarejar verb (to clean one's mouth)
Russian
4 entries- жи́дкость для полоска́ния го́рла noun (liquid)
- издава́ть бу́лькающий звук verb (to make such a sound)
- полоска́ть verb (to clean one's mouth)
- прополоска́ть verb (to clean one's mouth)
Slovak
1 entries- kloktať verb (to clean one's mouth)
Spanish
3 entries- gárgara noun (sound)
- gargarizar verb (to clean one's mouth)
- hacer gárgaras verb (to clean one's mouth)
Tagalog
1 entries- magmumog verb (to clean one's mouth)
Tamil
1 entries- பிளிர் verb (to clean one's mouth)
Telugu
1 entries- పుక్కిలించు verb (to clean one's mouth)
Thai
1 entries- กลั้ว verb (to clean one's mouth)
Yoruba
1 entries- ṣùkùṣùkù noun (sound)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Gargle and wash your hands as soon as you get home so that you don't catch a cold.
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Let's gargle and wash our hands as soon as we get home so that we don't catch a cold.
Source: tatoeba (9381443)
Gargle with saltwater to relieve the pain of a sore throat.
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