gatvol

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adjective

Completely fed up; very upset.

“I have had it up to here! I am gatvol. If you don't tidy your room, you are grounded.”

OriginAfrikaans gatvol →
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Meanings

adjectivegatvol (comparative more gatvol, superlative most gatvol)

comparative more gatvol · superlative most gatvol

  1. South AfricaslangCompletely fed up; very upset.

    I have had it up to here! I am gatvol. If you don't tidy your room, you are grounded.

    1 more example

    Yoh! I'm so gatvol of this tjoekie and need a zol to handle these moggy people.

    2025 March 26, Khanyisile Ngcobo, “'Yoh! You're in the OED' – South Africa makes its linguistic mark”, in BBC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2025

Origin

  1. Afrikaansgatvol
  2. Afrikaansgatvol
  3. Englishgatvol

Borrowed from Afrikaans gatvol.

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APA

gatvol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatvol

MLA

“gatvol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatvol. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatvol,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatvol.

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