gayo

See also: Gayo and gayó

English

Etymology

From Korean 가요 (gayo), 歌謠 (gayo), meaning Korean popular music.

Noun

gayo (uncountable)

  1. South Korean popular music (K-pop).

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧yo
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡajo/ [ˈɡa.jo]

Particle

gáyo (Basahan spelling ᜄᜌᜓ)

  1. exactly

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin gallus (rooster).

Noun

gayo m (Hebrew spelling גאייו, plural gayos)

  1. rooster

Coordinate terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʃo/ [ˈɡa.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʒo/ [ˈɡa.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aʝo
  • Syllabification: ga‧yo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin gaius, from the Roman name Latin Gaius. Also see gaya and urraca.

Noun

gayo m (plural gayos)

  1. Eurasian jay, jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Occitan gai.

Adjective

gayo (feminine gaya, masculine plural gayos, feminine plural gayas)

  1. gay; merry

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gayo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gayar

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