Galego
Galician
Romance
Galician (galego) is a Romance language spoken chiefly in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where it is co-official with Spanish, and also in neighboring areas and emigrant communities. Galician and Portuguese developed from the medieval Galician-Portuguese linguistic continuum, the language of a major lyric tradition including the cantigas, but their later political and cultural histories produced distinct modern standards. The official orthographic and morphological norms were jointly approved by the Royal Galician Academy and the Galician Language Institute in 1982 and later revised. Galician is used in administration, education, media, and literature, while everyday use varies substantially by age and locality. It remains widely understood and spoken, but declining intergenerational transmission, especially in urban settings and among younger people, is a central concern of current language policy.
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87 core words in Galician
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| Meaning | Galician | Fala | Spanish | Asturian | Aragonese | Salvadoran Spanish | Ecuadorian Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | auga /ˈawɣa/ | augua /ˈaɡwa/ | agua /ˈaɣwa/ | agua /ˈaɣwa/ | augua /ˈawɡwa/ | agua /ˈaɣwa/ | agua /ˈaɣwa/ |
| Fire | lume /ˈlume/ | fogu /ˈfoɡu/ | fuego /ˈfweɣo/ | fueu /ˈfweu/ | fuego /ˈfweɣo/ | fuego /ˈfweɣo/ | fuego /ˈfweɣo/ |
| Sun | sol /sɔl/ | sol /sɔl/ | sol /sol/ | sol /sol/ | sol /sol/ | sol /sol/ | sol /sol/ |
| Moon | lúa /ˈlua/ | lúa /ˈlua/ | luna /ˈluna/ | lluna /ˈʎuna/ | luna /ˈluna/ | luna /ˈluna/ | luna /ˈluna/ |
| Star | estrela /esˈtɾela/ | estrela /esˈtɾela/ | estrella /esˈtɾeʎa/ | estrella /esˈtɾeʎa/ | estrela /esˈtɾela/ | estrella /esˈtɾeʝa/ | estrella /esˈtɾeʝa/ |
| Night | noite /ˈnojte/ | noiti /ˈnojti/ | noche /ˈnotʃe/ | nueche /ˈnwetʃe/ | nueit /nweit/ | noche /ˈnotʃe/ | noche /ˈnotʃe/ |
| Rain | choiva /ˈtʃoi̯βa/ | chuiva /tʃuiva/ | lluvia /ˈʎuβja/ | lluvia /ˈʎuβja/ | plevia /ˈplebja/ | lluvia /ˈʝuβja/ | lluvia /ˈʝuβja/ |
| Snow | neve /ˈneβe/ | nevi /ˈnebi/ | nieve /ˈnjeβe/ | nieve /njeβe/ | nieu /ˈnjew/ | nieve /ˈnjeβe/ | nieve /ˈnjeβe/ |
| Wind | vento /ˈbento/ | ventu /ˈbentu/ | viento /ˈbjento/ | vientu /ˈbjentu/ | viento /ˈbjento/ | viento /ˈbjento/ | viento /ˈbjento/ |
| Earth | terra /ˈtɛra/ | terra /tɛra/ | tierra /ˈtjera/ | tierra /ˈtjera/ | tierra /ˈtjera/ | tierra /ˈtjera/ | tierra /ˈtjera/ |
| Stone | pedra /ˈpeðɾa/ | pedra /ˈpeðɾa/ | piedra /ˈpjeðɾa/ | piedra /ˈpjeðɾa/ | piedra /ˈpjeðɾa/ | piedra /ˈpjeðɾa/ | piedra /ˈpjeðɾa/ |
| Mountain | montaña /monˈtaɲa/ | montaña /monˈtaɲa/ | montaña /monˈtaɲa/ | monte /ˈmonte/ | montaña /monˈtaɲa/ | montaña /monˈtaɲa/ | montaña /monˈtaɲa/ |
| Sea | mar /maɾ/ | mar /maɾ/ | mar /maɾ/ | mar /maɾ/ | mar /maɾ/ | mar /maɾ/ | mar /maɾ/ |
| Mother | nai /naj/ | mai /mai/ | madre /ˈmaðɾe/ | madre /ˈmaðɾe/ | mai /maj/ | madre /ˈmaðɾe/ | madre /ˈmaðɾe/ |
| Father | pai /paj/ | pai /pai/ | padre /ˈpaðɾe/ | padre /ˈpaðɾe/ | pai /paj/ | padre /ˈpaðɾe/ | padre /ˈpaðɾe/ |
| Daughter | filla /ˈfiʎa/ | filla /ˈfiʎa/ | hija /ˈixa/ | fía /ˈfia/ | filla /ˈfiʎa/ | hija /ˈiha/ | hija /ˈixa/ |
| I | eu /ew/ | eu /ew/ | yo /ʝo/ | yo /ʝo/ | yo /ʝo/ | yo /ʝo/ | yo /ʝo/ |
| You | ti /ti/ | tu /tu/ | tú /tu/ | tu /tu/ | tu /tu/ | vos /bos/ | tú /tu/ |
| We | nós /nɔs/ | nós /nɔʃ/ | nosotros /noˈsotɾos/ | nosotros /noˈsotɾos/ | nusatros /nuˈsatɾos/ | nosotros /noˈsotɾos/ | nosotros /noˈsotɾos/ |
| Name | nome /ˈnome/ | nomi /ˈnomi/ | nombre /ˈnombɾe/ | nome /ˈnome/ | nombre /ˈnombɾe/ | nombre /ˈnombɾe/ | nombre /ˈnombɾe/ |
| Person | persoa /pɛɾˈsoa/ | pesoa /peˈsoa/ | persona /peɾˈsona/ | persona /peɾˈsona/ | persona /peɾˈsona/ | persona /peɾˈsona/ | persona /peɾˈsona/ |
| Head | cabeza /kaˈβeθa/ | cabeza /kaˈbeθa/ | cabeza /kaˈβeθa/ | cabeza /kaˈβeθa/ | cabeza /kaˈβeθa/ | cabeza /kaˈβesa/ | cabeza /kaˈβesa/ |
| Eye | ollo /ˈoʎo/ | ollu /ˈoʎu/ | ojo /ˈoxo/ | güeyu /ˈɡweʝu/ | uello /ˈweʎo/ | ojo /ˈoho/ | ojo /ˈoxo/ |
| Ear | orella /oˈreʎa/ | orella /oˈreʎa/ | oreja /oˈɾexa/ | oreya /oˈɾeʝa/ | orella /oˈɾeʎa/ | oreja /oˈɾeha/ | oreja /oˈɾexa/ |
| Nose | nariz /naˈɾiθ/ | nariz /naˈɾis/ | nariz /naˈɾiθ/ | nariz /naˈɾiθ/ | naso /ˈnaso/ | nariz /naˈɾis/ | nariz /naˈɾis/ |
| Mouth | boca /ˈbɔka/ | boca /ˈboka/ | boca /ˈboka/ | boca /ˈboka/ | boca /ˈboka/ | boca /ˈboka/ | boca /ˈboka/ |
| Tooth | dente /ˈdente/ | diente /ˈðjente/ | diente /ˈdjente/ | diente /ˈdjente/ | dient /djent/ | diente /ˈdjente/ | diente /ˈdjente/ |
| Tongue | lingua /ˈliŋɡwa/ | léngua /ˈleŋwa/ | lengua /ˈleŋɡwa/ | llingua /ˈʎiŋɡwa/ | luenga /ˈlweŋɡa/ | lengua /ˈleŋɡwa/ | lengua /ˈleŋɡwa/ |
| Hand | man /maŋ/ | mau /mau/ | mano /ˈmano/ | mano /ˈmano/ | mano /ˈmano/ | mano /ˈmano/ | mano /ˈmano/ |
| Foot | pé /pɛ/ | pe /pɛ/ | pie /pje/ | pie /pje/ | piet /pjet/ | pie /pje/ | pie /pje/ |
| Heart | corazón /koɾaˈθoŋ/ | curaçón /kuɾaˈsɔn/ | corazón /koɾaˈθon/ | corazón /koɾaˈθon/ | corazón /koɾaˈθon/ | corazón /koɾaˈson/ | corazón /koɾaˈson/ |
| Bone | óso /ˈɔso/ | osu /ˈosu/ | hueso /ˈweso/ | güesu /ˈɡwesu/ | güeso /ˈɣweso/ | hueso /ˈweso/ | hueso /ˈweso/ |
| Blood | sangue /ˈsaŋɡe/ | sangri /ˈsaŋɡɾi/ | sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ | sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ | sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ | sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ | sangre /ˈsaŋɡɾe/ |
| Poop | caca /ˈkaka/ | merda /ˈmeɾda/ | caca /ˈkaka/ | caca /ˈkaka/ | caca /ˈkaka/ | caca /ˈkaka/ | caca /ˈkaka/ |
| Love | amor /aˈmoɾ/ | amor /aˈmoɾ/ | amor /aˈmoɾ/ | amor /aˈmoɾ/ | amor /aˈmoɾ/ | amor /aˈmoɾ/ | amor /aˈmoɾ/ |
| Tree | árbore /ˈaɾβoɾe/ | arbol /ˈaɾβol/ | árbol /ˈaɾβol/ | árbol /ˈaɾβol/ | árbol /ˈaɾβol/ | árbol /ˈaɾβol/ | árbol /ˈaɾβol/ |
| Dog | can /kaŋ/ | can /kan/ | perro /ˈpero/ | perru /ˈperu/ | can /kan/ | perro /ˈpero/ | perro /ˈpero/ |
| Cat | gato /ˈɡato/ | gatu /ˈɣatu/ | gato /ˈɡato/ | gatu /ˈɡatu/ | gato /ˈɡato/ | gato /ˈɡato/ | gato /ˈɡato/ |
| Fish | peixe /ˈpejʃe/ | peixi /ˈpejʃi/ | pez /pes/ | pexe /ˈpeʃe/ | peix /pejʃ/ | pez /pes/ | pez /pes/ |
| Bird | paxaro /ˈpaʃaɾo/ | páxaru /ˈpaʃaɾu/ | pájaro /ˈpaxaɾo/ | páxaru /ˈpaʃaɾu/ | paxaro /paʃaɾo/ | pájaro /ˈpahaɾo/ | pájaro /ˈpaxaɾo/ |
| Butterfly | bolboreta /bolβoˈɾeta/ | maripoixha /maɾiˈpoiʒa/ | mariposa /maɾiˈposa/ | caparina /kapaˈɾina/ | paxarela /paʃaˈɾela/ | mariposa /maɾiˈposa/ | mariposa /maɾiˈposa/ |
| Egg | ovo /ˈɔβo/ | ovu /ˈobu/ | huevo /ˈweβo/ | güevu /ˈɡweβu/ | uego /ˈweɣo/ | huevo /ˈweβo/ | huevo /ˈweβo/ |
| Bear | oso /ˈoso/ | — | oso /ˈoso/ | osu /ˈosu/ | onso /ˈonso/ | oso /ˈoso/ | oso /ˈoso/ |
| Horse | cabalo /kaˈβalo/ | cabalu /kaˈbalu/ | caballo /kaˈβaʎo/ | caballu /kaˈβaʎu/ | caballo /kaˈβaʎo/ | caballo /kaˈβaʝo/ | caballo /kaˈβaʝo/ |
| House | casa /ˈkasa/ | casa /ˈkasa/ | casa /ˈkasa/ | casa /ˈkasa/ | casa /ˈkasa/ | casa /ˈkasa/ | casa /ˈkasa/ |
| Milk | leite /ˈlejte/ | leiti /ˈlejti/ | leche /ˈletʃe/ | lleche /ˈʎetʃe/ | leit /lejt/ | leche /ˈletʃe/ | leche /ˈletʃe/ |
| Honey | mel /mɛl/ | mel /mɛl/ | miel /mjel/ | miel /mjel/ | miel /mjel/ | miel /mjel/ | miel /mjel/ |
| Salt | sal /sal/ | sal /sal/ | sal /sal/ | sal /sal/ | sal /sal/ | sal /sal/ | sal /sal/ |
| Wine | viño /ˈbiɲo/ | viñu /ˈbiɲu/ | vino /ˈbino/ | vinu /ˈbinu/ | vin /bin/ | vino /ˈbino/ | vino /ˈbino/ |
| Rice | arroz /aˈɾoθ/ | arró /aˈɾo/ | arroz /aˈroθ/ | arroz /aˈroθ/ | arroz /aˈroθ/ | arroz /aˈros/ | arroz /aˈros/ |
| Chocolate | chocolate /tʃokoˈlate/ | chocolati /tʃokoˈlati/ | chocolate /tʃokoˈlate/ | chicolate /tʃikoˈlate/ | chicolate /tʃikoˈlate/ | chocolate /tʃokoˈlate/ | chocolate /tʃokoˈlate/ |
| Iron | ferro /ˈfɛro/ | ferru /ˈferu/ | hierro /ˈjero/ | fierro /ˈfjero/ | fierro /ˈfjero/ | hierro /ˈjero/ | hierro /ˈʝero/ |
| Wheel | roda /ˈrɔða/ | roa /ˈroa/ | rueda /ˈrweða/ | rueda /ˈrweða/ | rueda /ˈrweða/ | rueda /ˈrweða/ | rueda /ˈrweða/ |
| Silk | seda /ˈseðɐ/ | — | seda /ˈseða/ | seda /ˈseða/ | seda /ˈseda/ | seda /ˈseða/ | seda /ˈseða/ |
| Book | libro /ˈliβɾo/ | libru /ˈlibɾu/ | libro /ˈliβɾo/ | llibru /ˈʎiβɾu/ | libro /ˈliβɾo/ | libro /ˈliβɾo/ | libro /ˈliβɾo/ |
| Eat | comer /koˈmeɾ/ | cumel /kuˈmel/ | comer /koˈmeɾ/ | comer /koˈmeɾ/ | minchar /minˈtʃaɾ/ | comer /koˈmeɾ/ | comer /koˈmeɾ/ |
| Drink | beber /beˈβeɾ/ | bebel /beˈβel/ | beber /beˈβeɾ/ | beber /beˈβeɾ/ | beber /beˈβeɾ/ | beber /beˈβeɾ/ | beber /beˈβeɾ/ |
| Sleep | durmir /duɾˈmiɾ/ | durmir /durˈmir/ | dormir /dorˈmir/ | dormir /dorˈmir/ | dormir /dorˈmir/ | dormir /doɾˈmiɾ/ | dormir /doɾˈmiɾ/ |
| One | un /uŋ/ | un /un/ | uno /ˈuno/ | ún /un/ | un /un/ | uno /ˈuno/ | uno /ˈuno/ |
| Two | dous /dows/ | dous /dows/ | dos /dos/ | dos /dos/ | dos /dos/ | dos /dos/ | dos /dos/ |
| Three | tres /tɾes/ | tres /tɾes/ | tres /tɾes/ | tres /tɾes/ | tres /tɾes/ | tres /tɾes/ | tres /tɾes/ |
| Four | catro /ˈkatɾo/ | cuatru /ˈkwatɾu/ | cuatro /ˈkwatɾo/ | cuatro /ˈkwatɾo/ | quatro /ˈkwatɾo/ | cuatro /ˈkwatɾo/ | cuatro /ˈkwatɾo/ |
| Five | cinco /ˈθiŋko/ | cinco /ˈθiŋko/ | cinco /ˈθinko/ | cinco /ˈθiŋko/ | cinco /ˈθiŋko/ | cinco /ˈsinko/ | cinco /ˈsinko/ |
| Hundred | cen /θeŋ/ | cen /θeŋ/ | cien /θjen/ | cien /θjen/ | cient /θjent/ | cien /sjen/ | cien /sjen/ |
| Hello | ola /ˈɔla/ | salú /saˈlu/ | hola /ˈola/ | hola /ˈola/ | hola /ˈola/ | hola /ˈola/ | hola /ˈola/ |
| Thank you | grazas /ˈɡɾaθas/ | gracias /ˈɣɾasjas/ | gracias /ˈɡɾaθjas/ | gracies /ˈɡɾaθjes/ | gracias /ˈɡɾaθjas/ | gracias /ˈɡɾasjas/ | gracias /ˈɡɾasjas/ |
| Good | bo /bɔ/ | bõ /bõ/ | bueno /ˈbweno/ | bonu /ˈbonu/ | bueno /ˈbweno/ | bueno /ˈbweno/ | bueno /ˈbweno/ |
| New | novo /ˈnɔβo/ | novu /ˈnobu/ | nuevo /ˈnweβo/ | nuevu /ˈnweβu/ | nuevo /ˈnweβo/ | nuevo /ˈnweβo/ | nuevo /ˈnweβo/ |
| Red | vermello /beɾˈmeʎo/ | vermellu /beɾˈmeʎu/ | rojo /ˈroxo/ | bermeyu /beɾˈmeʝu/ | royo /ˈrojo/ | rojo /ˈroho/ | rojo /ˈroxo/ |
| White | branco /ˈbɾaŋko/ | branco /bɾaŋko/ | blanco /ˈblaŋko/ | blancu /ˈblaŋku/ | blanco /ˈblaŋko/ | blanco /ˈblaŋko/ | blanco /ˈblaŋko/ |
| Black | negro /ˈneɣɾo/ | negru /ˈneɡɾu/ | negro /ˈneɣɾo/ | negru /ˈneɣɾu/ | negro /ˈneɡɾo/ | negro /ˈneɣɾo/ | negro /ˈneɣɾo/ |
| Green | verde /ˈbeɾðe/ | verdi /ˈbeɾdi/ | verde /ˈbeɾðe/ | verde /ˈbeɾðe/ | verde /ˈbeɾde/ | verde /ˈbeɾðe/ | verde /ˈbeɾðe/ |
| Blue | azul /aˈθul/ | — | azul /aˈθul/ | azul /aˈθul/ | azul /aˈθul/ | azul /aˈsul/ | azul /aˈsul/ |
| Cuckoo | cuco /ˈkuko/ | cucu /ˈkuku/ | cuco /ˈkuko/ | cuquiellu /kuˈkjeʎu/ | cuculo /kuˈkulo/ | cuco /ˈkuko/ | garrapatero /ɡarapaˈteɾo/ |
| Woof | guau guau /ɡwaw ɡwaw/ | — | guau guau /ɡwau ɡwau/ | — | — | guau guau /ɡwau ɡwau/ | guau guau /ɡwau ɡwau/ |
| Cock-a-doodle-doo | quiquiriquí /kikiɾiˈki/ | — | quiquiriquí /kikiɾiˈki/ | — | — | quiquiriquí /kikiɾiˈki/ | quiquiriquí /kikiɾiˈki/ |
| Computer | ordenador /oɾðenaˈðoɾ/ | — | ordenador /oɾðenaˈðoɾ/ | ordenador /oɾðenaˈðoɾ/ | ordinador /oɾðinaˈðoɾ/ | computadora /komputaˈðoɾa/ | computadora /komputaˈðoɾa/ |
| Wi-Fi | wifi /ˈwifi/ | — | wifi /ˈwifi/ | wifi /ˈwifi/ | — | wifi /ˈwajfaj/ | wifi /ˈwajfaj/ |
| Sushi | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | — | sushi /ˈsusi/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | sushi /ˈsuʃi/ | sushi /ˈsusi/ | sushi /ˈsusi/ |
| Tea | té /tɛ/ | — | té /te/ | té /te/ | te /te/ | té /te/ | té /te/ |
| Coffee | café /kaˈfɛ/ | — | café /kaˈfe/ | café /kaˈfe/ | café /kaˈfe/ | café /kaˈfe/ | café /kaˈfe/ |
| Sugar | azucre /aˈθukɾe/ | — | azúcar /aˈθukaɾ/ | azucre /aˈθukɾe/ | zucre /ˈθukɾe/ | azúcar /aˈsukaɾ/ | azúcar /aˈsukaɾ/ |
| Orange | laranxa /laˈɾaŋʃa/ | laranxa /laˈɾaŋʃa/ | naranja /naˈɾaŋxa/ | naranxa /naˈɾaŋʃa/ | narancha /naˈɾantʃa/ | naranja /naˈɾaŋha/ | naranja /naˈɾaŋxa/ |
| Ninety-nine | noventa e nove /noˈβɛnta e ˈnoβe/ | — | noventa y nueve /noˈβenta i ˈnweβe/ | noventa y nueve /noˈβenta i ˈnweβe/ | — | noventa y nueve /noˈβenta i ˈnweβe/ | noventa y nueve /noˈβenta i ˈnweβe/ |
| Dopamine | dopamina /dopaˈmina/ | — | dopamina /dopaˈmina/ | dopamina /dopaˈmina/ | dopamina /dopaˈmina/ | dopamina /dopaˈmina/ | dopamina /dopaˈmina/ |
| At sign | arroba /aˈrɔβɐ/ | — | arroba /aˈroβa/ | arroba /aˈroβa/ | arroba /aˈroβa/ | arroba /aˈroβa/ | arroba /aˈroβa/ |
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