gala
Portuguese, noun
gala is spelled G-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “gala (showy and festive party)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of galar. With a tilde, galã is a different word: “elegant and seductive man; gallant”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “traje próprio para ocasiões solenes”.
What does gala mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegala (showy and festive party)
noun
- 1
femininevulgarsperm, jizz, cum, nut, spunk
- 2
femininechalaza (spiral band which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
masculineelegant and seductive man; gallant
- 2
masculineheartthrob (attractive male celebrity)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos galas, povo do Sul da Abissínia (Etiópia)
noun: 1. traje próprio para ocasiões solenes 2. grande fartura; riqueza, abundância; fausto 3. conjunto de ornamentos ricos, preciosos 4. festa nacional
noun: 1. o mesmo que galadura (mancha) 2. esperma; sêmen
noun: 1. indivíduo dos galas, povo do Sul da Abissínia (Etiópia)
noun: 1. personagem que se destaca por sua beleza física, boa aparência, atitudes, inteligência, coragem e habilidades românticas 2. ator que encarna tal personagem e que tem se não todos, muitos dos mesmos predicativos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gala
- galas plural
- galãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gala in Portuguese?
gala appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).