galgar

From Old French *galger (so cognate with French jauge, English gauge), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“rod, pole”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈɣaɾ/

galgar (first-person singular present galgo, first-person singular preterite galguei, past participle galgado)

1. to gauge (to chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape)
2. (dated) to practice some cuts in a board as guides for gauging it

• galga (“arch of the foot or of a shoe”)

From galga (“brake of a cart”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡalˈɣaɾ/

galgar (first-person singular present galgo, first-person singular preterite galguei, past participle galgado)

1. to brake a cart
2. to jump, to leap

• “galgar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “galgar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “galgar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “galgar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

galgar m

1. indefinite plural of galge

From galgo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: gal‧gar

galgar (first-person singular present galgo, first-person singular preterite galguei, past participle galgado)

1. to climb; clamber

   Synonym: escalar

galgar

1. indefinite plural of galge

• laggar