gitano
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
gitano (plural gitanos or gitanoes)
A male gypsy.
Coordinate term: gitana
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish gitano.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ʒiˈta.nu]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [ʒiˈta.no]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒiˈta.no]
=== Adjective ===
gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanes)
Gypsy
=== Noun ===
gitano m (plural gitanos, feminine gitana, feminine plural gitanes)
Gypsy
Synonym: (obsolete) bomià
==== Derived terms ====
braç de gitano
=== Further reading ===
“gitano”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“gitano”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“gitano” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “gitano”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Adjective ===
gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanas, reintegrationist norm)
reintegrationist spelling of xitano
=== Noun ===
gitano m (plural gitanos, feminine gitana, feminine plural gitanas, reintegrationist norm)
reintegrationist spelling of xitano
=== Further reading ===
“gitano”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈta.no/
Rhymes: -ano
Hyphenation: gi‧tà‧no
=== Noun ===
gitano m (plural gitani, feminine gitana)
Gypsy, Roma
=== Anagrams ===
ignota
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From egiptano (“Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos). It was originally mistakenly believed that the Roma/gypsy people originated from Egypt. See also the related etymology of English Gypsy.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /xiˈtano/ [xiˈt̪a.no]
Rhymes: -ano
Syllabification: gi‧ta‧no
=== Adjective ===
gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanas)
(relational) Gypsy (of or like a Gypsy)
Synonym: cíngaro
=== Noun ===
gitano m (plural gitanos, feminine gitana, feminine plural gitanas)
Gypsy
Synonyms: calé, cíngaro
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Catalan: gitano
→ French: gitan
=== Further reading ===
“gitano”, 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