galego

See also: Galego

Finnish

Etymology

From Galician galego.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑleɡo/, [ˈɡɑ̝le̞ɡo̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑleɡo
  • Syllabification(key): ga‧le‧go

Noun

galego

  1. Galician (language)

Declension

Inflection of galego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative galego —
genitive galegon —
partitive galegoa —
illative galegoon —
singular plural
nominative galego —
accusative nom. galego —
gen. galegon
genitive galegon —
partitive galegoa —
inessive galegossa —
elative galegosta —
illative galegoon —
adessive galegolla —
ablative galegolta —
allative galegolle —
essive galegona —
translative galegoksi —
abessive galegotta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of galego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative galegoni —
accusative nom. galegoni —
gen. galegoni
genitive galegoni —
partitive galegoani —
inessive galegossani —
elative galegostani —
illative galegooni —
adessive galegollani —
ablative galegoltani —
allative galegolleni —
essive galegonani —
translative galegokseni —
abessive galegottani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative galegosi —
accusative nom. galegosi —
gen. galegosi
genitive galegosi —
partitive galegoasi —
inessive galegossasi —
elative galegostasi —
illative galegoosi —
adessive galegollasi —
ablative galegoltasi —
allative galegollesi —
essive galegonasi —
translative galegoksesi —
abessive galegottasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative galegomme —
accusative nom. galegomme —
gen. galegomme
genitive galegomme —
partitive galegoamme —
inessive galegossamme —
elative galegostamme —
illative galegoomme —
adessive galegollamme —
ablative galegoltamme —
allative galegollemme —
essive galegonamme —
translative galegoksemme —
abessive galegottamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative galegonne —
accusative nom. galegonne —
gen. galegonne
genitive galegonne —
partitive galegoanne —
inessive galegossanne —
elative galegostanne —
illative galegoonne —
adessive galegollanne —
ablative galegoltanne —
allative galegollenne —
essive galegonanne —
translative galegoksenne —
abessive galegottanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative galegonsa —
accusative nom. galegonsa —
gen. galegonsa
genitive galegonsa —
partitive galegoaan
galegoansa
—
inessive galegossaan
galegossansa
—
elative galegostaan
galegostansa
—
illative galegoonsa —
adessive galegollaan
galegollansa
—
ablative galegoltaan
galegoltansa
—
allative galegolleen
galegollensa
—
essive galegonaan
galegonansa
—
translative galegokseen
galegoksensa
—
abessive galegottaan
galegottansa
—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Synonyms

Galician

Galegas: Galician women wearing traditional costumes
Galegos: Galician dance group As beiras do Ulla, Lorient, 2012

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin gallaecus (“a Galician”), from older callaecus (“a person of a local tribe from NW Iberia”), from a local substrate language; either from Proto-Celtic *kallī- (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, and a relational suffix *-aekos of Lusitanian or Hispano-Celtic origin.[1]

The geographical name Gallaecia was derived from the ethnonym Gallaeci.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): [ɡaˈleɣʊ]
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): [χaˈleχʊ], [ħaˈleħʊ]

Adjective

galego (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas)

  1. Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
    • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC, page 19:
      «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos
      «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», which means in Galician language: señor faysnos salvos [Lord, save us]

Derived terms

Noun

galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)

  1. a person from Galicia, or a person with Galician ancestry
    Nós somos galegos e os galegos sómosche así ― We are Galicians and we Galicians are like that

Noun

galego m (uncountable)

  1. the Galician language

Derived terms

References

  1. Moralejo, Juan J. (2008). Callaica nomina: estudios de onomástica gallega. A Coruña: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, pages 113–148. →ISBN.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus,[1][2] from Gallaecia. Cognate with Galician galego and Spanish gallego.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈle.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈle.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐˈle.ɡu/ [ɡɐˈle.ɣu]

  • Hyphenation: ga‧le‧go

Adjective

galego (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas, not comparable)

  1. Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
  2. (Brazil, dialectal) blonde

Noun

galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)

  1. Galician person
  2. (uncountable) Galician language
  3. (Alentejo, derogatory) someone from the Norte Region of Portugal
  4. (Brazil, dialectal) blonde (a person with fair hair)
  5. (Brazil, dated) a European immigrant to Brazil, more specifically, a Portuguese or Spanish immigrant
    • Jeffrey Lesser, Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present p. 108,
    • p. 89 referring to Dicionario de Gria, Sao Paulo: Editora Preludio, 1974, p. 62
  6. (Brazil, derogatory) a Portuguese of poor education

References

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