galardón

== Galician == === Alternative forms === galardom, galardão (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese gualardon, cognate with Portuguese galardão, Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally ‘back-payment’: compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oŋ Hyphenation: ga‧lar‧dón === Noun === galardón m (plural galardóns) award reward ==== Synonyms ==== premio ==== Derived terms ==== galardoar === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “gualardon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galardón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega === Further reading === “galardón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === gualardón (obsolete) === Etymology === From older gualardón, from Old Spanish galardon, gualardon, metathesis of *guadarlon, of Germanic origin (compare Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), also related to English guerdon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡalaɾˈdon/ [ɡa.laɾˈð̞õn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: ga‧lar‧dón === Noun === galardón m (plural galardones) award, prize Synonyms: premio, reconocimiento reward Synonym: recompensa ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “galardón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025