gayo
Spanish, noun
gayo is spelled G-A-Y-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,203rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gayo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “jay (bird of the genus Garrulus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of gayar. With an accent, gayó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of gayar”.
What does gayo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejay (bird of the genus Garrulus)
adjective
- 1
gay; merry
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of gayar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of gayar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. De actitud alegre y despreocupada. 2. De colorido vistoso y festivo.
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 gayo
- gayos plural
- gaya feminine
- gayas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gayo in Spanish?
gayo appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).