gajo

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Portuguese

Etymology

From gajão, from Caló gachó (man), from Romani gadjo (non-Romani).[1]

Noun

gajo m (plural gajos, feminine gaja, feminine plural gajas)

  1. (informal, chiefly Portugal) guy; dude (as a term of address)
    Synonyms: tipo, sujeito, (Brazil) cara
    • 2011, DAVID MACHADO, Deixem Falar as Pedras, Leya →ISBN, page 167
      O Pedro João Vilela era, resumido numa única palavra (que vale mais do que muitas palavras que por aí andam), um gajo fixe. Dito de outra maneira: nunca tive vontade de lhe bater. O gajo cumprimentava-me nos corredores, embora nunca  []
      Pedro João Vilela was, to express it with a single word (which is worth more than many of the words moving about), a cool guy. In other words: I have never felt like hitting him. The guy would greet me in the corridors, although [he] never []

References

  1. ^ “gajo”, in Ciberduvidas[1], 2015 March 25 (last accessed)

Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "VL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. *galleus (oaken), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin galla (oak apple).

Noun

gajo m (plural gajos)

  1. tree branch
  2. slice or segment of a fruit
  3. small cluster of grapes
  4. tine, prong, jag
  5. spur of mountains
  6. (Argentina, botany) cutting

Synonyms

  • (cutting):

Derived terms