ganso

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Noun

gansó

1. goose

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Galician

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso̝/

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

   Synonym: sangano

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ganso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ganso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ganso”, 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), “ganso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Hiligaynon

Noun

ganso

1. hook

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gans, Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/

Noun

ganso (plural gansi)

1. goose

   Hyponyms: gansino, gansulo, gansyuno

Derived terms

• gansomarcho
• gansopelo
• gansoplumo

 

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Portuguese

ganso (Anser anser)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese ansar, anssar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.su/

• IPA^(key): (South Brazil) /ˈɡɐ̃.so/
• Hyphenation: gan‧so
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃su

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

   Hyponyms: ganso africano, ganso-bravo, ganso-do-canadá, ganso-do-egito, ganso-do-havaí, ganso-do-índico

Derived terms

• afogar o ganso

Related terms

• ansericultura
• anseriforme
• anserino
• foie gras

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡãn.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Adjective

ganso (feminine gansa, masculine plural gansos, feminine plural gansas)

1. stupid, slow-witted

   ¡qué ganso eres!

   you're such a blockhead!

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

   Synonyms: ánsar, oca

2. idiot, fool (stupid or slow-witted person)

Hyponyms

• ganso bravo
• ganso cenizo (“Cape Barren goose”)
• ganso común
• ganso de Hawái (“nene”)
• ganso de Magallanes
• ganso de Ross (“Ross's goose”)
• ganso emperador (“emperor goose”)
• ganso overo
• ganso urraco

 

Derived terms

• hacer el ganso
• pata de ganso

 

Further reading

• “ganso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014