# algo
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈæl.ɡoʊ̯/

### Noun

algo (plural algos)
* Clipping of algorithm.
** 2019 March 31, Sean T. Collins, “‘Billions’ Season 4, Episode 3: Hurts So Good”, in The New York Times‎:Together, the Masons craft a new algorithm to make an end-run around Axe’s sabotage — or so they want him to believe. With the help of a surveillance photo procured by his dirty-deeds specialist Hall (Terry Kinney), Axe has a copy of the algo he spends a full day attempting to decipher before realizing it has a mistake.

#### Derived terms

* algospeak

### Anagrams

* Olga, gola, Gola, gaol, Lago, goal, Galo

## Asturian
### Pronoun

algo
* Alternative form of dalgo

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish algo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈal.ɣu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈal.ɣo]

### Pronoun

algo
* (Castilianism) something

#### Usage notes

* Not accepted in the standard language, where quelcom, res and alguna cosa are preferred. Widely used in colloquial speech, but considered a barbarisme. Not to be confused with algú.

### Further reading

* “algo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Latin alga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈalɡo]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alɡo
* Hyphenation: al‧go

### Noun

algo (accusative singular algon, plural algoj, accusative plural algojn)
* alga

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

algo m (plural algos)
* Clipping of algorithme (“algorithm”).
* Clipping of algorithmique (“algorithmics”).

### Anagrams

* goal, lago

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈal.ɣʊ]

### Pronoun

algo
* something
    Antonyms: nada (“nothing”), todo (“everything”)

### Noun

algo m (plural algos)
* (archaic) wealth, fortune
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 414:quando chegarõ os judeus disellis com̃o tĩjna ali muy grãde algo en ouro et en aliofre et en pedras preçiosaswhen the Jew arrived he told them that he has there a large fortune in gold, pearls and precious stones

#### Derived terms

* fidalgo

### Adverb

algo
* rather, somewhat

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “algo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “algo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “algo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “algo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.ɡu/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.ɡu/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈaw.ɡo/ [ˈaʊ̯.ɡo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈal.ɡu/ [ˈaɫ.ɣu]
* (Caipira) IPA: /ˈaɻ.ɡo/
* Homophone: augo (Brazil)
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡu, (Brazil) -awɡu
* Hyphenation: al‧go

### Pronoun

algo
* something (unspecified object)
    Synonym: alguma coisa

#### Related terms

* alguém
* algum

### Adverb

algo
* rather, somewhat

### Further reading

* “algo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish algo, from Latin aliquod.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈalɡo/ [ˈal.ɣ̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -alɡo
* Syllabification: al‧go

### Pronoun

algo
* something, anything
    Synonym: alguna cosa
    Antonyms: nada, todo
    Coordinate terms: alguien, alguno
    Algo imprevisto ocurrió. ― Something unexpected happened.
    Me parece algo de interés. ― It seems like something interesting to me.
    Eso es algo natural. ― It's something natural.

#### Derived terms

* algo así
* algo así como
* algo es algo
* algo por ahí
* dar algo
* por algo

#### Related terms

* alguien
* alguno

### Adverb

algo
* rather, somewhat, kind of
    Me parece algo extraño. ― It seems rather strange to me.

### Further reading

* “algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* galo