algo

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæl.ɡoʊ̯/

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^[1]:

     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.

• Olga, gola, Gola, gaol, Lago, goal, Galo

algo

1. Alternative form of dalgo

Borrowed from Spanish algo.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈal.ɣu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈal.ɣo]

algo

1. (Castilianism) something

• 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.

• “algo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin alga.

• IPA^(key): [ˈalɡo]

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• Rhymes: -alɡo
• Hyphenation: al‧go

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

1. alga

• IPA^(key): /al.ɡo/

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algo m (plural algos)

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

• goal, lago

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈal.ɣʊ]

algo

1. something

   Antonyms: nada (“nothing”), todo (“everything”)

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

• fidalgo

algo

1. rather, somewhat

• 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 (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

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

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈaɻ.ɡo/
• Homophone: augo (Brazil)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡu, (Brazil) -awɡu
• Hyphenation: al‧go

algo

1. something (unspecified object)

   Synonym: alguma coisa

• alguém
• algum

algo

1. rather, somewhat

• “algo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Inherited from Old Spanish algo, from Latin aliquod.

• IPA^(key): /ˈalɡo/ [ˈal.ɣ̞o]

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• Rhymes: -alɡo
• Syllabification: al‧go

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.

algo

1. rather, somewhat, kind of

   Me parece algo extraño. ― It seems rather strange to me.

• “algo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

• galo