gallardía
Spanish
Etymology
From gallardo, 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): /ɡaʝaɾˈdia/ [ɡa.ʝaɾˈð̞i.a] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʎaɾˈdia/ [ɡa.ʎaɾˈð̞i.a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʃaɾˈdia/ [ɡa.ʃaɾˈð̞i.a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡaʒaɾˈdia/ [ɡa.ʒaɾˈð̞i.a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: ga‧llar‧dí‧a
Noun
gallardía f (plural gallardías)
Related terms
Further reading
- “gallardía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025