# galego
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Galician galego.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑleɡo/, [ˈɡɑ̝le̞ɡo̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑleɡo
* Hyphenation: ga‧le‧go

### Noun

galego
* Galician (language)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of galego (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
galegoni
accusative
nom.
galegoni
gen.
galegoni
genitive
galegoni
partitive
galegoani
inessive
galegossani
elative
galegostani
illative
galegooni
adessive
galegollani
ablative
galegoltani
allative
galegolleni
essive
galegonani
translative
galegokseni
abessive
galegottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
galegosi
accusative
nom.
galegosi
gen.
galegosi
genitive
galegosi
partitive
galegoasi
inessive
galegossasi
elative
galegostasi
illative
galegoosi
adessive
galegollasi
ablative
galegoltasi
allative
galegollesi
essive
galegonasi
translative
galegoksesi
abessive
galegottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
galegomme
accusative
nom.
galegomme
gen.
galegomme
genitive
galegomme
partitive
galegoamme
inessive
galegossamme
elative
galegostamme
illative
galegoomme
adessive
galegollamme
ablative
galegoltamme
allative
galegollemme
essive
galegonamme
translative
galegoksemme
abessive
galegottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
galegonne
accusative
nom.
galegonne
gen.
galegonne
genitive
galegonne
partitive
galegoanne
inessive
galegossanne
elative
galegostanne
illative
galegoonne
adessive
galegollanne
ablative
galegoltanne
allative
galegollenne
essive
galegonanne
translative
galegoksenne
abessive
galegottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
galegonsa
accusative
nom.
galegonsa
gen.
galegonsa
genitive
galegonsa
partitive
galegoaan galegoansa
inessive
galegossaan galegossansa
elative
galegostaan galegostansa
illative
galegoonsa
adessive
galegollaan galegollansa
ablative
galegoltaan galegoltansa
allative
galegolleen galegollensa
essive
galegonaan galegonansa
translative
galegokseen galegoksensa
abessive
galegottaan galegottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* galicia

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin gallaecus (“a Galician”), from older callaecus (“a person of a local tribe from NW Iberia”), from a local substrate language; either from Proto-Celtic *kallī- (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-, and a relational suffix *-aekos of Lusitanian or Hispano-Celtic origin.
The geographical name Gallaecia was derived from the ethnonym Gallaeci.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈleɡo/ [ɡɑˈle.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (standard) /ɡaˈleɡo/ [ɡɑˈle.ɣ̞ʊ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ħaˈleħo/ [ħɑˈle.ħʊ]
* Rhymes: -eɡo
* Rhymes: -eɡo
* Rhymes: -eħo
* Hyphenation: ga‧le‧go

### Adjective

galego (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas)
* Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
** 1390, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: CSIC, page 19:«Osana ﬁli[o] Dauidi», que quer dizer en lingoajen galego: señor faysnos saluos«Osana ﬁli[o] Dauidi», which means in Galician language: señor faysnos salvos [Lord, save us]

#### Derived terms

* galegada
* galeguidade
* galeguismo
* galeguista
* galeguizar

### Noun

galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)
* a person from Galicia, or a person with Galician ancestry
    Nós somos galegos e os galegos sómosche así ― We are Galicians and we Galicians are like that

### Noun

galego m (uncountable)
* the Galician language

#### Derived terms

* galegofalante

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “galego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galego”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Moralejo, Juan J. (2008). Callaica nomina: estudios de onomástica gallega. A Coruña: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, pages 113–148. →ISBN.

### Further reading

* Galician people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese galego, from Latin Gallaecus, from Gallaecia. Cognate with Galician galego and Spanish gallego.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡaˈle.ɡu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡaˈle.ɡu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡaˈle.ɡo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɐˈle.ɡu/ [ɡɐˈle.ɣu]
* Hyphenation: ga‧le‧go

### Adjective

galego (feminine galega, masculine plural galegos, feminine plural galegas, not comparable)
* Galician (pertaining to Galicia or the Galician language)
* (Brazil, dialectal) blonde

### Noun

galego m (plural galegos, feminine galega, feminine plural galegas)
* Galician person
* (uncountable) Galician language
* (Alentejo, Algarve, colloquial) someone from Northern Portugal
* (Brazil, dialectal) blonde (a person with fair hair)
* (Brazil, dated) a European immigrant to Brazil, more specifically, a Portuguese or Spanish immigrant
** Jeffrey Lesser, Immigration, Ethnicity, and National Identity in Brazil, 1808 to the Present p. 108,
** p. 89 referring to Dicionario de Gria, Sao Paulo: Editora Preludio, 1974, p. 62
* (Brazil, derogatory) a Portuguese of poor education

### References

* ↑ “galego”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “galego”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025