algo

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See also: Algo, algõ, and algo-

English

Pronunciation

Noun

algo (plural algos)

  1. 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

  1. Alternative form of dalgo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish algo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

algo

  1. (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

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Etymology

From Latin alga.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -alɡo
  • Hyphenation: al‧go

Noun

algo (accusative singular algon, plural algoj, accusative plural algojn)

  1. alga

French

Pronunciation

Noun

algo m (plural algos)

  1. Clipping of algorithme (“algorithm”).
  2. Clipping of algorithmique (“algorithmics”).

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

algo

  1. something
    Antonyms: nada (“nothing”), todo (“everything”)

Noun

algo m (plural algos)

  1. (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

  1. rather, somewhat

References

  • “algo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “algo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “algo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “algo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “algo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese algo, from Latin aliquod (“some; a few”).

Pronunciation

 

Pronoun

algo

  1. something (unspecified object)
    Synonym: alguma coisa

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Adverb

algo

  1. rather, somewhat

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish algo, from Latin aliquod.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalɡo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -alɡo
  • Syllabification: al‧go

Pronoun

algo

  1. 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.

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Adverb

algo

  1. rather, somewhat, kind of
    Me parece algo extraño. ― It seems rather strange to me.

Further reading

Anagrams

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