galo
Spanish, noun
galo is spelled G-A-L-O (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Gaulish (Celtic language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, galó is a different word: “Gallo (language)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lengua que hablaban los celtas que habitaban en las Galias”.
What does galo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Gallic
- 2
SpaincolloquialFrench
noun
- 1
masculineGaulish (Celtic language)
noun
- 1
masculineGallo (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de la antigua Galia. 2. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Francia
noun: 1. Lengua que hablaban los celtas que habitaban en las Galias. 2. Lenguaje regional romance hablado en la Bretaña del este.
prefix: 1. Elemento compositivo que significa "relacionado con Galia, con lo galo, o con sus idiomas y culturas". 2. Elemento compositivo que significa "relacionado con Francia, con lo francés, o con sus idiomas y culturas".
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 galo
- gala feminine
- galos masculine plural
- galas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to galo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galo in Spanish?
galo appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).