gallego

adj.

Galician.

m.

Galician, native of Galicia.

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gallego

► adjetivo

1 Galician

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (persona) Galician

► nombre masculino gallego

1 (idioma) Galician

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gallego

► nombre masculino

1 (idioma) Galician

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gallego, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=de Galicia) Galician

2) LAm pey Spanish

2. SM / F

1) (=de Galicia) Galician

2) LAm pey Spaniard

3. SM

1) (Ling) Galician

2) (=viento) north-west wind

GALLEGO Gallego, a romance language dating back to the 12th century and closely related to Portuguese, is spoken by most of the inhabitants of Galicia. During the Franco régime, the use of Galician and other minority national languages was prohibited in the media and in public institutions. It has enjoyed lengua cooficial status alongside castellano since 1981. There are several dialects of the language and formal attempts to standardize them in the 1970s were unsuccessful. However, a standard form is now beginning to emerge naturally in the larger urban areas.

See:

ver nota culturelle LENGUAS COOFICIALES in lengua

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I

-ga adjetivo

a) (de Galicia) Galician

b) (AmL fam) (español) Spanish

II

-ga masculino, femenino

a) (de Galicia) Galician

b) (AmL fam) (español) Spaniard

c) gallego masculino (Ling) Galician

•• Cultural note:

gallego

The language of Galicia, spoken by around 3 million people. It is an official requirement for many official and academic positions, and a compulsory school subject. Galician, a Romance language close to Portuguese, was banned under Franco but with the return to democracy, it became an official language in Galicia beside Castilian. Nowadays there is Galician radio and television, and a considerable amount of publishing in the language. Galician has less social prestige than Catalan and Basque in their homelands. The middle classes have largely opted to use Castilian. See also lenguas cooficiales

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I

-ga adjetivo

a) (de Galicia) Galician

b) (AmL fam) (español) Spanish

II

-ga masculino, femenino

a) (de Galicia) Galician

b) (AmL fam) (español) Spaniard

c) gallego masculino (Ling) Galician

•• Cultural note:

gallego

The language of Galicia, spoken by around 3 million people. It is an official requirement for many official and academic positions, and a compulsory school subject. Galician, a Romance language close to Portuguese, was banned under Franco but with the return to democracy, it became an official language in Galicia beside Castilian. Nowadays there is Galician radio and television, and a considerable amount of publishing in the language. Galician has less social prestige than Catalan and Basque in their homelands. The middle classes have largely opted to use Castilian. See also lenguas cooficiales

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gallego¹ -ga

adjective

1 (de Galicia) Galician

2 (AmL fam) (español) Spanish

gallego² -ga gallego (↑ gallego a1)

masculine, feminine

A

1 (de Galicia) Galician

2 (AmL fam) (español) Spaniard

B

gallego masculine (Ling) Galician

CULTURAL NOTE

gallego

The language of Galicia, spoken by around 3 million people. It is an official requirement for many official and academic positions, and a compulsory school subject.

Galician, a Romance language close to Portuguese, was banned under Franco but with the return to democracy, it became an official language in Galicia beside Castilian. Nowadays there is Galician radio and television, and a considerable amount of publishing.

Galician has less social prestige than Catalan and Basque in their homelands. The middle classes have largely opted to use Castilian. See also lenguas cooficiales (↑ lengua a1) .

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gallego 1

◊ -ga adjetivo

a) (de Galicia) Galician

b) (AmL fam) (español) Spanish

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino

a) (de Galicia) Galician

b) (AmL fam) (español) Spaniard

gallego 2 sustantivo masculino (idioma) Galician
gallego,-a
I adjetivo
1 Galician
2 LAm pey Spanish
II sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 Galician, native of Galicia
2 LAm pey Spaniard
III m (idioma) Galician
'gallego' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cepa
- gallega
English:
Galician

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gallego, -a

♦ adj

1. [de Galicia] Galician

2. CSur, Cuba Fam = sometimes pejorative term used to refer to a Spanish person

♦ nm,f

1. [de Galicia] Galician

2. CSur, Cuba Fam = sometimes pejorative term used to refer to a Spaniard, especially an immigrant

♦ nm

[lengua] Galician

GALLEGO

Gallego (“Galician”) is one of the four official languages spoken in Spain. It is spoken in the northwestern region of Galicia. Like Spanish and Catalan, it stems from late Latin, and it has many similarities to Portuguese in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. For decades Galician was either banned or officially unrecognized, and as a consequence it was mainly spoken in traditional or rural areas. However, in recent times it has re-emerged with the support of the Galician nationalist movement and is being promoted as the official language for use in schools and education. Although many Galician-born authors have written mainly or exclusively in Spanish, one of Spain's greatest nineteenth century poets, Rosalía de Castro, wrote much of her poetry in Gallego. Today Galician is used by an increasing number of well-known authors, one of the best-known of whom is the poet and short story writer Manuel Rivas.

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gallego

I adj

1 Galician

2 Rpl fam

Spanish

II m, gallega f

1 Galician

2 Rpl fam

Spaniard

III m idioma Galician

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gallego, -ga adj

1) : Galician

2) fam : Spanish

gallego, -ga n

1) : Galician

2) fam : Spaniard

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gallego adj n Galician