galeota

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === galiota (obsolete) === Pronunciation === === Noun === galeota f (plural galeotas) (nautical) galliot (light galley) sand eel (fish of the genus Ammodytes) Synonym: sandilho === Further reading === “galeota”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “galeota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish galiota, galeota (c. 1295), probably from Italian galeotta, from galea (“galley”) (compare with Old Spanish galea, galia (c. 1270)) (from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from γαλεός (galeós, “shark”)) + Italian -otta (“diminutive-forming suffix”). Unrelated to Spanish -ota (“augmentative-forming suffix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaleˈota/ [ɡa.leˈo.t̪a] Rhymes: -ota Syllabification: ga‧le‧o‧ta === Noun === galeota f (plural galeotas) (nautical) galliot (light galley) === Further reading === “galeota”, 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