galgar

From Old French *galger (so cognate with French jauge, English gauge), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“rod, pole”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈɣaɾ/

galgar (first-person singular present galgo, first-person singular preterite galguei, past participle galgado)

1. to gauge (to chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape)
2. (dated) to practice some cuts in a board as guides for gauging it

• galga (“arch of the foot or of a shoe”)

From galga (“brake of a cart”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈɣaɾ/

galgar (first-person singular present galgo, first-person singular preterite galguei, past participle galgado)

1. to brake a cart
2. to jump, to leap

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

galgar m

1. indefinite plural of galge

From galgo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: gal‧gar

galgar (first-person singular present galgo, first-person singular preterite galguei, past participle galgado)

1. to climb; clamber

   Synonym: escalar

galgar

1. indefinite plural of galge

• laggar