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English
Pronunciation
Noun
algo (plural algos)
- Clipping of algorithm.
2019 March 31, Sean T. Collins, “‘Billions’ Season 4, Episode 3: Hurts So Good”, in The New York Times:Together, the Masons craft a new algorithm to make an end-run around Axe’s sabotage — or so they want him to believe. With the help of a surveillance photo procured by his dirty-deeds specialist Hall (Terry Kinney), Axe has a copy of the algo he spends a full day attempting to decipher before realizing it has a mistake.
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Asturian
Pronoun
algo
- Alternative form of dalgo
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish algo.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
algo
- (Castilianism) something
Usage notes
- Not accepted in the standard language, where quelcom, res and alguna cosa are preferred. Widely used in colloquial speech, but considered a barbarisme. Not to be confused with algú.
Further reading
- “algo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin alga.
Pronunciation
Noun
algo (accusative singular algon, plural algoj, accusative plural algojn)
- alga
French
Pronunciation
Noun
algo m (plural algos)
- Clipping of algorithme (“algorithm”).
- Clipping of algorithmique (“algorithmics”).
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
algo
- something
- Antonyms: nada (“nothing”), todo (“everything”)
Noun
algo m (plural algos)
- (archaic) wealth, fortune
1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 414:quando chegarõ os judeus disellis com̃o tĩjna ali muy grãde algo en ouro et en aliofre et en pedras preçiosas- when the Jew arrived he told them that he has there a large fortune in gold, pearls and precious stones
Derived terms
Adverb
algo
- rather, somewhat
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “algo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “algo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “algo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “algo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
algo
- something (unspecified object)
- Synonym: alguma coisa
Adverb
algo
- rather, somewhat
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish algo, from Latin aliquod.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
algo
- something, anything
- Synonym: alguna cosa
- Antonyms: nada, todo
- Coordinate terms: alguien, alguno
- Algo imprevisto ocurrió. ― Something unexpected happened.
- Me parece algo de interés. ― It seems like something interesting to me.
- Eso es algo natural. ― It's something natural.
Derived terms
Adverb
algo
- rather, somewhat, kind of
- Me parece algo extraño. ― It seems rather strange to me.
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