galgo

Meaning

1. (masculine) greyhound (dog breed)
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of galgo inglés (“English greyhound”)
3. (masculine) greyhound (cocktail)

Concepts

greyhound

hound

whippet

sighthound

Synonyms

tragón

lebrel

goloso

perdiguero

persona que come demasiado

persona que come exageradamente

Translations

Windhund

levriero

llebrer

lévrier

windhond

tazı

galgo

levrette

levriere

Windhündin

veltro

hazewind

hazewindhond

Greyhound

Hyphenated as

gal‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡalɡo/

Etymology

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