gallardo

== Galician == === Alternative forms === galhardo (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gallardo, borrowed from Old French gaillart (“spirited”), from Vulgar Latin *galia (“strength”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”). Compare English Gaylord. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾdo === Adjective === gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas) gallant, debonair, brave sleek, elegant (of oxen) having long straight upward horns === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “galhardia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “gallardo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gallardo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “gallardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gallardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “gallardo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gaillard (“strapping, lively, strong”), from Old French gaillart (“spirited”), from Vulgar Latin *galia (“strength”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”). Compare English Gaylord. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾdo Syllabification: ga‧llar‧do === Adjective === gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas) gallant, debonair, brave, strapping, dashing sleek, elegant === References === Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN === Further reading === “gallardo”, 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