galeón

See also: galeon

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galeon (13th century, Alfonso X): galea (“galley”) +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese galeão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaleˈoŋ/

Noun

galeón m (plural galeóns)

1. (historical) galleon
2. traditional one or two masted sailboat, with fore-and-aft sails, having up to 20 m of length, similar to a schooner

   Synonyms: galeón de ría, trincado

References

• “galeon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “galeón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “galeón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “galeón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• "galeón" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative form of galea, obsolete form of galera, "galley".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaleˈon/ [ɡa.leˈõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧le‧ón

Noun

galeón m (plural galeones)

1. galleon (a large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks)

Related terms

• galea
• galera

 

Descendants

• English: galleon

Further reading

• “galeón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014