gamo

See also: gamó, gāmo, gamo-, and -gamo

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧mo

Adjective

gamo

1. spoiled

Verb

gamo

1. (food) to spoil, to become spoiled

Synonyms

• pan-os

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ga‧mo

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”).

Noun

gamo (accusative singular gamon, plural gamoj, accusative plural gamojn)

1. (music) gamut, scale (series of notes spanning an octave)

   Synonym: skalo

Etymology 2

Greek Alphabet

Γγ	Previous:	beto
	Next:	delto

From Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

Noun

gamo (accusative singular gamon, plural gamoj, accusative plural gamojn)

1. gamma

Further reading

• “gamo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “gamo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Hiligaynon

Noun

gamo

1. conflict, trouble
2. confusion, disorder. excitement, noise

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.mɔ/
• Rhymes: -amɔ
• Syllabification: ga‧mo

Noun

gamo f

1. vocative singular of gama

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.mu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ.mu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ.mu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.mu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmu, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mu
• Hyphenation: ga‧mo

Etymology 1

Gamo (Dama dama)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gammus.

Noun

gamo m (plural gamos, feminine gama, feminine plural gamas)

1. fallow deer (Dama dama, a ruminant mammal)

Etymology 2

Verb

gamo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gamar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der.

Latin damma?

Gaulish camoxbor.

Late Latin camōx?

Vulgar Latin gammus

Spanish gamo

Inherited from Old Spanish gamo, from Vulgar Latin gammus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamo/ [ˈɡa.mo]
• Rhymes: -amo
• Syllabification: ga‧mo

Noun

gamo m (plural gamos, feminine gama, feminine plural gamas)

1. fallow deer

   Synonyms: paleto, dama

Derived terms

• correr como un gamo

Further reading

• “gamo”, 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

Warungu

Noun

gamo

1. water

References

• Tasaku Tsunoda, A Grammar of Warrongo