galardón

Galician

Alternative forms

• galardom, galardão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gualardon, cognate with Portuguese galardão, Spanish galardón; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wiþrą (“against”) + *launą (“reward”), literally ‘back-payment’: compare Old French guerdon, Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡalaɾˈdoŋ/ [ɡɑ.laɾˈð̞oŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡalaɾˈdoŋ/ [ɡɑ.laɾˈð̞oŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħalaɾˈdoŋ/ [ħɑ.laɾˈð̞oŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ga‧lar‧dón

Noun

galardón m (plural galardóns)

1. award
2. reward
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 237:

     Et poys ma derõ tódoslos rreys por galardón do que fige, quero gardar meu galardón

     And because all the kings gave her to me as a reward for what I did, I want to keep my reward

Synonyms

• premio

Derived terms

• galardoar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “gualardon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (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), “galardón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “galardón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• gualardón (obsolete)

Etymology

From older gualardón, from Old Spanish galardon, gualardon, metathesis of *guadarlon, of Germanic origin (compare Old High German widarlōn, Old English wiþerlēan), also related to English guerdon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalaɾˈdon/ [ɡa.laɾˈð̞õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧lar‧dón

Noun

galardón m (plural galardones)

1. award, prize

   Synonyms: premio, reconocimiento

2. reward

   Synonym: recompensa

Derived terms

• galardonar

Further reading

• “galardón”, 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