gallardo
Galician
Alternative forms
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
- Rhymes: -aɾdo
Adjective
gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas)
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “galhardia”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “gallardo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- 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, 2012–2026
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] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʎaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʎaɾ.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʃaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʃaɾ.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈʒaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʒaɾ.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾdo
- Syllabification: ga‧llar‧do
Adjective
gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas)
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025