galeno

See also: Galeno

Portuguese

Etymology

From Galeno (“Galen”), the ancient Greek physician.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlẽ.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlẽ.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈle.nu/

• Hyphenation: ga‧le‧no

Noun

galeno m (plural galenos)

1. (informal) doc (doctor)

Further reading

• “galeno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “galeno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Galeno (“Galen”), the ancient Greek physician.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈleno/ [ɡaˈle.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: ga‧le‧no

Noun

galeno m (plural galenos, feminine galena, feminine plural galenas)

1. (Latin America) doc (doctor)

Further reading

• “galeno”, 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