ganso

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈso/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/

Noun

gansó or gánso

1. goose

Galician

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso̝/

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

   Synonym: sangano

References

• “ganso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ganso” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ganso” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ganso” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Hiligaynon

Noun

ganso

1. hook

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gans, Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/

Noun

ganso (plural gansi)

1. goose

   Hyponyms: gansino, gansulo, gansyuno

Derived terms

• gansomarcho
• gansopelo
• gansoplumo

 

Portuguese

ganso (Anser anser)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Displaced Old Portuguese ansar, anssar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.su/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

   Hyponyms: ganso africano, ganso-bravo, ganso-do-canadá, ganso-do-egito, ganso-do-havaí, ganso-do-índico

Derived terms

• afogar o ganso

Related terms

• ansericultura
• anseriforme
• anserino
• foie gras

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡãn.so]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -anso
• Syllabification: gan‧so

Adjective

ganso (feminine gansa, masculine plural gansos, feminine plural gansas)

1. stupid, slow-witted

   ¡Qué ganso eres!

   You're such a blockhead!

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

   Synonyms: ánsar, oca

2. idiot, fool (stupid or slow-witted person)

Hyponyms

• ganso bravo
• ganso cenizo (“Cape Barren goose”)
• ganso común
• ganso de Hawái (“nene”)
• ganso de Magallanes
• ganso de Ross (“Ross's goose”)
• ganso emperador (“emperor goose”)
• ganso overo
• ganso urraco

 

Derived terms

• hacer el ganso
• pata de ganso

 

Further reading

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