gallo

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *galleus, from Latin galla (“oak-apple”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʎo̝/

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos)

1. fork; bifurcation
2. prong
3. forked branch
4. (tools) fork

References

• “gallo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “gallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gallo (galla)” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “gallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Latin gallus (“rooster”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -allo

Noun

gallo m (plural galli, feminine gallina)

1. rooster, cock

Adjective

gallo (feminine singular galla, masculine plural galli, feminine plural galle)

1. Gallic

Verb

gallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gallare

Anagrams

• algol

Noun

gallō

1. dative singular of gallus
2. ablative singular of gallus

References

• gallo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine gallinha, feminine plural gallinhas)

1. Obsolete spelling of galo

Etymology

From Latin gallus (“rooster”).

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine gallina, feminine plural gallinas)

1. rooster

gallo m (plural gallos)

1. megrim (genus Lepidorhombus, a kind of fish)
2. John Dory
3. common poppy
4. A corn tortilla sandwich, usually filled with meat and/or beans, and other ingredients
5. (boxing) bantamweight (boxing class)

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos)

1. crack, the squawk a male voice sometimes makes when changing at puberty.
2. voice crack, sudden and unintentional change of register while singing.

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine galla, feminine plural gallas)

1. (Chile, colloquial) guy, dude

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɔ/

Verb

gallo

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of gallu

Mutation