Spanish Conversation · Level 39
74 words
Spanish word
godo
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈgoðo/
Meaning
- masculine nounGoth
Example
Los godos invadieron la península.
The Goths invaded the peninsula.
More examples
En muchos museos se conservan objetos de los godos.
Many museums hold objects of the Visigoths.
Core concept
A member of the Gothic people present in the Iberian Peninsula during Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Similar words
visigodo: Gothic branch forming a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
sajón: Saxon Germanic people active in Britain and northwest Europe from late antiquity onward.
bárbaro: Person Roman sources portray as uncivilized or culturally foreign.
Definition in Spanish
Miembro del pueblo godo, un pueblo germánico que tuvo presencia en la península ibérica durante la Antigüedad y la Edad Media.
Word origin
The Spanish word godo comes from Latin Gothus and became the medieval Spanish term for a person of the Gothic peoples in the Iberian Peninsula.
Usage tips
- Mainly a historical term in Spanish, often replaced by visigodo for the Visigothic polity and easily confused with the English word 'goth' meaning the modern subculture.
Related words
- góticoGothicadjective