gayo

See also: Gayo and gayó

English

Etymology

From Korean 가요 (gayo), 歌謠 (gayo), meaning Korean popular music.

Noun

gayo (uncountable)

1. South Korean popular music (K-pop).

Anagrams

• Goya, Yoga, goya, yoga

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧yo
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡajo/ [ˈɡa.jo]

Particle

gáyo (Basahan spelling ᜄᜌᜓ)

1. exactly

Ladino

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gelH-der.?

Latin gallus

Ladino gayo

Inherited from Latin gallus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-.

Noun

gayo m (Hebrew spelling גאייו, plural gayos)

1. rooster

Coordinate terms

• (sex): gayna

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo] (everywhere but Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay, northern Mexico, Yucatán and Central America (except Panama))
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃo/ [ˈɡa.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʒo/ [ˈɡa.ʒo] (elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡajo/ [ˈɡa.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Syllabification: ga‧yo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin gaius, from the Roman name Latin Gaius. Also see gaya and urraca.

Noun

gayo m (plural gayos)

1. jay (bird of the genus Garrulus)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Occitan gai.

Adjective

gayo (feminine gaya, masculine plural gayos, feminine plural gayas)

1. gay; merry

Derived terms

• gaya ciencia
• gaya doctrina

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gayo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gayar

Further reading

• “gayo”, 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