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ganso.

stupid, slow-witted

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈɡanso/[ˈɡãn.so]

  1. stupid, slow-witted

    ¡Qué ganso eres!
Where this word comes from

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognate with Latin anser.

noun/ˈɡanso/[ˈɡãn.so]

  1. goose, gander

    masculine

  2. idiot, fool (stupid or slow-witted person)

    masculine

  3. clown, jokester

    masculine
    hacer el ganso

  4. turkey

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognate with Latin anser.

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