galego

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
2. (Brazil, dialectal, not-comparable) blond

Noun

1. (masculine) Galician person
2. (masculine, uncountable) Galician language
3. (colloquial, masculine) someone from Northern Portugal
4. (Brazil, dialectal, masculine) blond (a person with fair hair)
5. (Brazil, dated, masculine) a European immigrant to Brazil, more specifically, a Portuguese or Spanish immigrant
6. (Brazil, derogatory, masculine) a Portuguese of poor education

Concepts

Galician

Gallegan

Galego

Synonyms

galega

língua galega

Língua Galega

Língua galega

Translations

gallego

galicien

gallec

Galicisch

Galizisch

galiziano

gallego

Galicisch

Galicische

Galicien

Galiciër

Galiçyaca

Γαλικιανά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaˈle.ɡu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: Gallaecus

Cognate with Galician: galego

Cognate with Spanish: gallego

In summary

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