galanteo
Spanish, noun
galanteo is spelled G-A-L-A-N-T-E-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish, the 158,678th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galanteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “courtship, flirting” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of galantear. With an accent, galanteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of galantear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de galantear”.
What does galanteo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourtship, flirting
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of galantear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of galantear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción de galantear.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of galanteo
- galanteos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to galanteo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galanteo in Spanish?
galanteo appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).