hallazgo

Spanish

Etymology

By surface analysis, hallar +‎ -azgo. Inherited from Old Spanish falladgo (13th c.), maybe from an unattested Vulgar Latin *afflāticum, from Latin afflō. Cognate with Galician and Portuguese achádego, Leonese chalga and Asturian ayalga.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝaθɡo/ [aˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝaθɡo/ [aˈʝaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʎaθɡo/ [aˈʎaθ̬.ɣ̞o] (rustic northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝasɡo/ [aˈʝaz.ɣ̞o] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aˈʝasɡo/ [aˈʝaz.ɣ̞o] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʎasɡo/ [aˈʎaz.ɣ̞o] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /aˈʃasɡo/ [aˈʃaz.ɣ̞o] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aˈʃasɡo/ [aˈʃaz.ɣ̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aˈʒasɡo/ [aˈʒaz.ɣ̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aθɡo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asɡo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ha‧llaz‧go

Noun

hallazgo m (plural hallazgos)

1. discovery

   Synonym: descubrimiento

2. (obsolete) reward (for discovering and returning lost property to the owner)

   Synonym: gratificación

Related terms

• hallada
• hallar

Further reading

• “hallazgo”, 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