gorila

Definitions of gorila
  1. noun
    largest anthropoid ape; terrestrial and vegetarian; of forests of central west Africa
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    póngido
    any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
  2. noun
    a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting
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    guarda
    a person who keeps watch over something or someone
  3. noun
    a cruel and brutal fellow
    synonyms: bullanguero, buscarruidos, camorrista, chulángano, gallito, gamberro, goriloide, hampón, hastial, jaque, jaquetón, matachín, matasiete, matonista, matón, pendenciero, perdonavidas, rufián, terne, valentón
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    forzudo, matón
    a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
    cabeza rapada, skin, skinhead
    a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrations
    chulo, duro
    someone who bullies weaker people
    teddy, teddy boy
    a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
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    agresor, asaltador, asaltante
    someone who attacks
  4. noun
    a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
    synonyms: forzudo, matón
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    bullanguero, buscarruidos, camorrista, chulángano, gallito, gamberro, goriloide, hampón, hastial, jaque, jaquetón, matachín, matasiete, matonista, matón, pendenciero, perdonavidas, rufián, terne, valentón
    a cruel and brutal fellow
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