galgo
Portuguese, noun/ˈɡaw.ɡu/
galgo is spelled G-A-L-G-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galgo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “greyhound (lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of galgar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cão esguio e muito veloz”.
What does galgo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegreyhound (lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of galgar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cão esguio e muito veloz
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 galgo
- galgos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galgo?
- Brazil /ˈɡaw.ɡu/
- Brazil [ˈɡaʊ̯.ɡu]
- Portugal /ˈɡal.ɡu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galgo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galgo in Portuguese?
galgo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).