galgo

• galga

From Proto-Germanic *galgô, whence also Old Saxon galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga, Old Norse galgi, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

galgo m

1. gallows

• Middle High German: galge
  • Alemannic German: Galge
  • German: Galgen
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic: галге

      Latin: galge

  • Luxembourgish: Gaalgen

From Old Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɫ.ɣu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw.ɡu/
• Hyphenation: gal‧go
• Rhymes: -awɡu

galgo m (plural galgos)

1. greyhound (lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing)

• lebreiro
• lebrel, lebréu

• Gália
• gálio

From Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɡo/, [ˈɡalɣo]

galgo m (plural galgos)

1. greyhound

• “galgo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.