galês
Portuguese, noun
galês is spelled G-A-L-Ê-S (5 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Welshman (man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, gales is a different word: “second-person singular present subjunctive of galar”. With an accent, galés is a different word: “plural of galé”. With an accent, galès is a different word: “plural of galè”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nativo do País de Gales”.
What does galês mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Welsh (from Wales)
noun
- 1
masculineWelshman (man who is a native or inhabitant of Wales)
noun
- 1
masculineWelsh (language)
verb
- 1
second-person singular present subjunctive of galar
noun
- 1
feminineplural of galé
noun
- 1
plural of galè
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. do País de Gales
noun: 1. nativo do País de Gales 2. língua céltica falada no País de Gales
noun: 1. um dos trabalhos forçados a que eram condenados os criminosos
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 galês
- galesa feminine
- galeses masculine plural
- galesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to galês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galês in Portuguese?
galês appears 2.7 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).