galego

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

1. (masculine) Galician person
2. (masculine,uncountable) Galician language
3. (derogatory,masculine) someone from the Norte Region of Portugal
4. (Brazil,dialectal,masculine) blonde (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

Hyphenated as

ga‧le‧go

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaˈle.ɡu/

Etymology

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