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galo.

rooster (male of the domestic chicken)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡa.lu/Brazil/ˈɡa.lu/Portugal
  1. rooster (male of the domestic chicken)

    masculine
  2. egg (a swelling on the forehead, resulting from a blow)

    masculine
  3. any fish of the order Zeiformes

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gelH-der.? Latin gallus Old Galician-Portuguese galo Portuguese galo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galo, from Latin gallus (“rooster”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-.

noun/ˈɡa.lu/Brazil/ˈɡa.lu/Portugal
  1. synonym of gaulês

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin Gallus (“Gaul; Gallic, Gaulish”).

adj/ˈɡa.lu/Brazil/ˈɡa.lu/Portugal
  1. synonym of gaulês

Where this word comes from

From Latin Gallus (“Gaul; Gallic, Gaulish”).

verb/ˈɡa.lu/Brazil/ˈɡa.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of galar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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