gajo

Portuguese

Etymology

From gajão, from Caló gachó (“man”), from Romani gadjo (“non-Romani”).

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 […]

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *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):

• esqueje

Derived terms

• gajoso
• gajudo
• la de gajos