Portuguese

Noun

gajo m (plural gajos, feminine gaja, feminine plural gajas)

1. (informal, chiefly Portugal) guy; dude (used to address someone whose name is unknown, forgotten or ommited)
   • 2011, DAVID MACHADO, Deixem Falar as Pedras, Leya (ISBN 9789722047586), page 167

     O Pedro João Vilela era, resumido numa única palavra (que vale mais do que muitas palavras que por aí andam), um gajo fixe. Dito de outra maneira: nunca tive vontade de lhe bater. O gajo cumprimentava-me nos corredores, embora nunca  […]

     Pedro João Vilela was, to express it with a single word (which is worth more than many of the words moving about), a cool guy. In other words: I have never felt like hitting him. The guy would greet me in the corridors, although [he] never […]

Synonyms

• tipo, sujeito, cara (Brazil)

References

1. ↑ “Ciberduvidas: gajo”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed March 25, 2015

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gallĕus (“oaken”), from Latin galla ‎(“oak apple”).

Noun

gajo m ‎(plural gajos)

1. tree branch
2. slice or segment of a fruit
3. small cluster of grapes
4. tine
5. spur of mountains
6. (Argentina, botany) cutting

Synonyms

• (cutting):

• esqueje