galgo

== Galician == === Verb === galgo first-person singular present indicative of galgar == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), derived from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). Doublet of gallico. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡal.ɡo/ Rhymes: -alɡo Hyphenation: gàl‧go === Noun === galgo m (plural galghi) Spanish greyhound === Further reading === galgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Old High German == === Alternative forms === galga === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *galgō, see also Old Saxon galgo, Old Frisian galga, Old English ġealga, Old Norse galgi, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga). === Noun === galgo m gallows ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: galge Alemannic German: Galge German: Galgen→ Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic script: галгеLatin script: galge Luxembourgish: Gaalgen == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡu, (Brazil) -awɡu Hyphenation: gal‧go === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese galgo, from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). Doublet of gálico. ==== Noun ==== galgo m (plural galgos) greyhound (lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing) Synonyms: lebreiro, lebrel, lebréu ===== Related terms ===== Gália gálio === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== galgo first-person singular present indicative of galgar === Further reading === “galgo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “galgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin gallicus (canis) (“French (dog)”), from Gallia (“Gaul, modern-day France”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡalɡo/ [ˈɡal.ɣ̞o] Rhymes: -alɡo Syllabification: gal‧go === Noun === galgo m (plural galgos) greyhound (dog breed) ellipsis of galgo inglés (“English greyhound”) greyhound (cocktail) ==== Hypernyms ==== lebrel ==== Hyponyms ==== === Further reading === “galgo”, 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