English

Proper noun

Gallo

1. A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
2. A brand of low-priced California wine
   • 1987, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, page 49

     "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."

   • 2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz, page 1

     But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.

   • 2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108

     On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.

   • 2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave, page 26

     I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].

   • 2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284:

     "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.

   • 2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50:

     The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys

Related terms

• Gallo-Roman

Translations

Anagrams

• Algol, ALGOL

Latin

Adjective

Gallō

1. dative masculine singular of Gallus
2. dative neuter singular of Gallus
3. ablative masculine singular of Gallus
4. ablative neuter singular of Gallus

Italian

Noun

gallo m ‎(plural galli, feminine gallina)

1. rooster, cock

Derived terms

• gallo cedrone

Related terms

• gallare
• galletto
• gallicinio
• galliformi

Adjective

gallo m ‎(feminine singular galla, masculine plural galli, feminine plural galle)

1. Gallic

Related terms

• gallico

Verb

gallo

1. first-person singular present indicative of gallare

Anagrams

• algol

Latin

Noun

gallō

1. dative singular of gallus
2. ablative singular of gallus

References

• GALLO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine gallinha, feminine plural gallinhas)

1. Obsolete spelling of galo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin gallus ‎(“rooster”).

Noun

gallo m ‎(plural gallos, feminine gallina)

1. rooster
2. megrim (genus Lepidorhombus, a kind of fish)
3. (boxing) bantamweight (boxing class)

Derived terms

• gallo pinto m
• pico de gallo m
• gallo lira

See also

• polla f
• pollo m

Noun

gallo m ‎(plural gallos)

1. crack, the squawk a male voice sometimes makes when changing at puberty.
2. voice crack, sudden and unintentional change of register while singing.

Noun

gallo m ‎(plural gallos, feminine galla)

1. (Chile, colloquial) guy, dude

Synonyms

• tipo

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɔ/

Verb

gallo

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of gallu

Mutation