gallardo

Galician

Alternative forms

• galhardo (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gallardo, borrowed from Old French gaillart (“spirited”), from Vulgar Latin *galia (“strength”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”). Compare English Gaylord.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɟaɾdo/ [ɡɑˈɟaɾ.ð̞ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaˈɟaɾdo/ [ɡɑˈɟaɾ.ð̞ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaˈɟaɾdo/ [ħɑˈɟaɾ.ð̞ʊ]

• Rhymes: -aɾdo

Adjective

gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas)

1. gallant, debonair, brave
2. sleek, elegant
3. (of oxen) having long straight upward horns

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “galhardia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “gallardo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gallardo”, 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), “gallardo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gallardo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “gallardo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaillard (“strapping, lively, strong”), from Old French gaillart (“spirited”), from Vulgar Latin *galia (“strength”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”). Compare English Gaylord.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʎaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʃaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʒaɾ.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: ga‧llar‧do

Adjective

gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas)

1. gallant, debonair, brave, strapping, dashing
2. sleek, elegant

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “gallardo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014