gallofo

Galician

Alternative forms

• callofo, galloufo

Etymology

From gallofa (“food given to workers, pilgrims”), perhaps from a Medieval Latin expression Galli offa, "food given to Frenchmen [Pilgrim]"; but compare Gothic Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌰 (gahlaiba, “messmate”) and English loaf.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɟɔfo/ [ɡɑˈɟɔ.fʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaˈɟɔfo/ [ɡɑˈɟɔ.fʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaˈɟɔfo/ [ħɑˈɟɔ.fʊ]

• Rhymes: -ɔfo
• Hyphenation: ga‧llo‧fo

Noun

gallofo m (plural gallofos)

1. a large piece of food; a piece of food larger than a mouthful
2. scoundrel

   Synonyms: francante, moinante

Related terms

• gallofa
• gallofeiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gallofo”, 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), “gallofo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gallofo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝofo/ [ɡaˈʝo.fo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝofo/ [ɡaˈʝo.fo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎofo/ [ɡaˈʎo.fo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃofo/ [ɡaˈʃo.fo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒofo/ [ɡaˈʒo.fo]

• Rhymes: -ofo
• Syllabification: ga‧llo‧fo

Noun

gallofo m (plural gallofos, feminine gallofa, feminine plural gallofas)

1. beggar

   Synonyms: limosnero, mendigo, mendicante, pordiosero

Further reading

• “gallofo”, 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