xemelgo

• ximelgo
• gemelgo (reintegrationist)

From Vulgar Latin *gemellicum, from Latin gemellus, from geminus. Compare Portuguese gemelgo, Asturian ximielgu and Spanish mielgo.

• Hyphenation: xe‧mel‧go

xemelgo m (plural xemelgos, feminine xemelga, feminine plural xemelgas)

1. twin

xemelgo (feminine xemelga, masculine plural xemelgos, feminine plural xemelgas)

1. twin

• → Spanish: jimelga

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