Femenino

galg

Oraciones
Significado (Inglés)

  1. (feminine) gallows, wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
  2. (feminine, metonymically) the death sentence, notably by hanging
  3. (feminine) a stake or pole to hang/suspend objects on

Frecuencia

C2
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɣɑlx/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle Dutch galge, from Old Dutch *galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”). Compare German Galgen, West Frisian galge, English gallows, Danish galge.

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