algo
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæl.ɡoʊ̯/
Noun
[edit]algo (plural algos)
- Clipping of algorithm.
- 2019 March 31, Sean T. Collins, “‘Billions’ Season 4, Episode 3: Hurts So Good”, in The New York Times[1]:
- Together, the Masons craft a new algorithm to make an end-run around Axe’s sabotage — or so they want him to believe. With the help of a surveillance photo procured by his dirty-deeds specialist Hall (Terry Kinney), Axe has a copy of the algo he spends a full day attempting to decipher before realizing it has a mistake.
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[edit]Asturian
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]algo
- Alternative form of dalgo
Catalan
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Usage notes
[edit]- Not accepted in the standard language, where quelcom, res and alguna cosa are preferred. Widely used in colloquial speech, but considered a barbarisme. Not to be confused with algú.
Further reading
[edit]- “algo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
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[edit]algo (accusative singular algon, plural algoj, accusative plural algojn)
French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]algo m (plural algos)
- Clipping of algorithme (“algorithm”).
- Clipping of algorithmique (“algorithmics”).
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[edit]Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]algo
Noun
[edit]algo m (plural algos)
- (archaic) wealth, fortune
- 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 414:
- quando chegarõ os judeus disellis com̃o tĩjna ali muy grãde algo en ouro et en aliofre et en pedras preçiosas
- when the Jew arrived he told them that he has there a large fortune in gold, pearls and precious stones
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “algo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “algo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “algo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “algo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).
Pronunciation
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- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈaɻ.ɡo/
- Homophone: augo (Brazil)
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡu, (Brazil) -awɡu
- Hyphenation: al‧go
Pronoun
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Related terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “algo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish algo, from Latin aliquod.
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]algo
- something, anything
- Synonym: alguna cosa
- Antonyms: nada, todo
- Coordinate terms: alguien, alguno
- Algo imprevisto ocurrió. ― Something unexpected happened.
- Me parece algo de interés. ― It seems like something interesting to me.
- Eso es algo natural. ― It's something natural.
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[edit]algo
Further reading
[edit]- “algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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