ganso

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡan̪.so]
• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈso/ [ɡan̪ˈso]
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

gánso or gansó (Basahan spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. goose

   Synonym: gangsa

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish ganso (“goose”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso

1. (Caviteño, Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) goose

   Synonym: (Ternateño) gansa

Galician

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡɑn.s̺ʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡɑn.s̺ʊ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħanso/ [ˈħɑn.s̺ʊ]

• Rhymes: -anso
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

   Synonym: sangano

References

• “ganso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “ganso”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ganso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ganso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “ganso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ganso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Hiligaynon

Noun

ganso

1. hook

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gans, Spanish ganso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/

Noun

ganso (plural gansi)

1. goose

   Hyponyms: gansino, gansulo, gansyuno

Derived terms

• gansomarcho
• gansopelo
• gansoplumo

Portuguese

ganso (Anser anser)

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese ansar, anssar.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.su/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.su/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
• Hyphenation: gan‧so

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose (a grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

   Hyponyms: ganso africano, ganso-bravo, ganso-do-canadá, ganso-do-egito, ganso-do-havaí, ganso-do-índico

Derived terms

• afogar o ganso
• mudar de pato para ganso

Related terms

• ansericultura
• anseriforme
• anserino
• foie gras

Further reading

• “ganso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ganso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans), from Proto-Germanic *gans (compare English goose, Low German Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås, Faroese gás, Icelandic gæs, Norwegian Bokmål gås, Norwegian Nynorsk gås, Swedish gås, Irish gé), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognate with Latin anser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanso/ [ˈɡãn.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -anso
• Syllabification: gan‧so

Adjective

ganso (feminine gansa, masculine plural gansos, feminine plural gansas)

1. stupid, slow-witted

   ¡Qué ganso eres!

   You're such a blockhead!

Noun

ganso m (plural gansos, feminine gansa, feminine plural gansas)

1. goose, gander

   Synonyms: ánsar, oca

2. idiot, fool (stupid or slow-witted person)
3. clown, jokester

   hacer el ganso ― to clown about

4. (New Mexico) turkey

   Synonym: pavo

Hyponyms

• ganso andino
• ganso blanco
• ganso bravo
• ganso ceniciento
• ganso cenizo (“Cape Barren goose”)
• ganso común
• ganso de Hawái (“nene”)
• ganso de Magallanes
• ganso de Ross (“Ross's goose”)
• ganso del Nilo
• ganso del Orinoco
• ganso egipcio
• ganso emperador (“emperor goose”)
• ganso overo
• ganso urraco

Derived terms

• ahorcar el ganso
• gansada
• hablar por boca de ganso
• hacer el ganso
• jalar el ganso
• paso de ganso
• pata de ganso

Further reading

• “ganso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025