ganso

Noun

gansó

1. goose

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso̝/

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

References

• “ganso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ganso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ganso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ganso” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Noun

ganso

1. hook

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gans, Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.so/

Noun

ganso (plural gansi)

1. goose

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Displaced Old Portuguese ansar, anssar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.su/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.so/
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/, [ˈɡãnso]

Adjective

ganso (feminine singular gansa, masculine plural gansos, feminine plural gansas)

1. stupid, slow-witted

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose
2. gander
3. idiot, fool (stupid or slow-witted person)

Further reading

• “ganso” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.