ganso

Borrowed from Spanish ganso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡan̪.so]
• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈso/ [ɡan̪ˈso]
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

gánso or gansó (Basahan spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. goose

   Synonym: gangsa

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

• Rhymes: -anso
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

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

1. goose, gander

   Synonym: sangano

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ganso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ganso”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ganso”, 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), “ganso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

ganso

1. hook

Borrowed from German Gans, Spanish ganso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/

ganso (plural gansi)

1. goose

   Hyponyms: gansino, gansulo, gansyuno

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

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡãn.so]

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• Rhymes: -anso
• Syllabification: gan‧so

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

1. stupid, slow-witted

   ¡Qué ganso eres!

   You're such a blockhead!

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

1. goose, gander

   Synonyms: ánsar, oca

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

   hacer el ganso ― to clown about

4. (New Mexico) turkey

   Synonym: pavo

• “ganso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024