gallardo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaillard (“strapping, lively, strong”), from Old French gaillart (“spirited”), from Vulgar Latin *galia (“strength”), from Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”). Compare English Gaylord.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ.ð̞o]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʝaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ɡaˈʎaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʎaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʃaɾ.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒaɾdo/ [ɡaˈʒaɾ.ð̞o]

• Rhymes: -aɾdo
• Syllabification: ga‧llar‧do

Adjective

gallardo (feminine gallarda, masculine plural gallardos, feminine plural gallardas)

1. gallant, debonair, brave, strapping, dashing
2. sleek, elegant

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

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