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

• Goya, Yoga, goya, yoga

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 (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling גאייו, plural gayos)

1. rooster

Coordinate terms

• (sex): gayna

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]

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

• 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

Further reading

• “gayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10