What does galo in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word galo in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use galo in Portuguese.

The word galo in Portuguese means rooster, cock, galo, galo, galo, peso-galo, peso-galo, rinha de galo, briga de galo, crista de galo, peixe-galo, galo-, galo de briga, cantar de galo. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word galo

rooster, cock

substantivo masculino

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

galo

noun (cockerel, rooster: male chicken)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
O galo cacareja cedo de manhã.
The cock crows early in the morning.

galo

noun (mainly US (male chicken)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
David tem cinco galinhas e um galo.
David has five chickens and a rooster.

galo

noun (literary, archaic (cockerel) (literário, arcaico)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

peso-galo

noun (boxer of particular weight) (boxer, lutador: peso)

(substantivo masculino, substantivo feminino: Substantivos que têm os gêneros masculino e feminino. Ex. "menino, menina", "ator, atriz".)

peso-galo

noun as adjective (boxer: of particular weight) (boxer, lutador)

(adjetivo: Modifica o sustantivo. Pode ser possessivo, numeral, demonstrativo ("casa grande", "mulher alta").)

rinha de galo, briga de galo

noun (bloodsport: cockerels)

crista de galo

noun (flower with red or yellow spikes) (planta)

peixe-galo

noun (wide-mouthed fish) (peixe)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
We saw a dory when we went scuba-diving.

galo-

prefix (Gallic) (gaulês)

galo de briga

noun (fighting cockerel)

cantar de galo

verbal expression (figurative (be in charge of a household)

(expressão: Para as expressões idiomáticas, ditados populares, expressões em geral. Ex. "gato escaldado tem medo de água fria"; "cara de pau".)
In our family, it's my mother who rules the roost, not my father.

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