galego

See also: Galego

Finnish

Noun

galego

1. Galician (language)

Declension

Inflection of galego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		galego	—
genitive		galegon	—
partitive		galegoa	—
illative		galegoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		galego	—
accusative	nom.	galego	—
	gen.	galegon
genitive		galegon	—
partitive		galegoa	—
inessive		galegossa	—
elative		galegosta	—
illative		galegoon	—
adessive		galegolla	—
ablative		galegolta	—
allative		galegolle	—
essive		galegona	—
translative		galegoksi	—
abessive		galegotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of galego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative galegoni — accusative nom. galegoni — gen. galegoni genitive galegoni — partitive galegoani — inessive galegossani — elative galegostani — illative galegooni — adessive galegollani — ablative galegoltani — allative galegolleni — essive galegonani — translative galegokseni — abessive galegottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative galegosi — accusative nom. galegosi — gen. galegosi genitive galegosi — partitive galegoasi — inessive galegossasi — elative galegostasi — illative galegoosi — adessive galegollasi — ablative galegoltasi — allative galegollesi — essive galegonasi — translative galegoksesi — abessive galegottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative galegomme — accusative nom. galegomme — gen. galegomme genitive galegomme — partitive galegoamme — inessive galegossamme — elative galegostamme — illative galegoomme — adessive galegollamme — ablative galegoltamme — allative galegollemme — essive galegonamme — translative galegoksemme — abessive galegottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative galegonne — accusative nom. galegonne — gen. galegonne genitive galegonne — partitive galegoanne — inessive galegossanne — elative galegostanne — illative galegoonne — adessive galegollanne — ablative galegoltanne — allative galegollenne — essive galegonanne — translative galegoksenne — abessive galegottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative galegonsa — accusative nom. galegonsa — gen. galegonsa genitive galegonsa — partitive galegoaan galegoansa — inessive galegossaan galegossansa — elative galegostaan galegostansa — illative galegoonsa — adessive galegollaan galegollansa — ablative galegoltaan galegoltansa — allative galegolleen galegollensa — essive galegonaan galegonansa — translative galegokseen galegoksensa — abessive galegottaan galegottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• galicia

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Galician

Galegas: Galician women wearing traditional costumes

Galegos: Galician dance group As beiras do Ulla, Lorient, 2012

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin gallaecus (“a Galician”), from older callaecus (“a person of a local tribe from NW Iberia”), from a local substrate language; either from Proto-Celtic *kallī- (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, and a relational suffix *-aekos of Lusitanian or Hispano-Celtic origin.

The geographical name Gallaecia was derived from the ethnonym Gallaeci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈleɣʊ]
• IPA^(key): [χaˈleχʊ], [ħaˈleħʊ]

Adjective

galego (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas)

1. Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
   • 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Madrid: CSIC, page 19:

     «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos

     «Osana fili[o] Dauidi», which means in Galician language: señor faysnos salvos [Lord, save us]

Noun

galego m (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas)

1. a person from Galicia, or a person with Galician ancestry

   Nós somos galegos e os galegos sómosche así ― We are Galicians and we Galicians are like that

2. (uncountable) Galician language

Further reading

• Galician people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “galego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus, from Gallaecia. Cognate with Galician galego and Spanish gallego.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈle.ɡu/ [ɡɐˈle.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: ga‧le‧go

Adjective

galego (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas, not comparable)

1. Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
2. (Brazil, dialectal) blonde

Noun

galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)

1. Galician person
2. (uncountable) Galician language
3. (Alentejo, derogatory) someone from the Norte Region of Portugal
4. (Brazil, dialectal) blonde (a person with fair hair)
5. (Brazil, dated) a European immigrant to Brazil, more specifically, a Portuguese or Spanish immigrant
   • Jeffrey Lesser, Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present p. 108,
   • p. 89 referring to Dicionario de Gria, Sao Paulo: Editora Preludio, 1974, p. 62
6. (Brazil, derogatory) a Portuguese of poor education