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3,584 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

GAO
noun, masculine
initialism of Grupos Armados Organizados (“Organized Armed Groups”).
GAO
proper noun
GAO
GB
proper noun
initialism of Geroa Bai
GBA
proper noun
initialism of Gran Buenos Aires
GC
noun, masculine
initialism of gasto cardíaco
GDL
proper noun
abbreviation of Guadalajara: the capital city of Jalisco, Mexico
GH
proper noun
initialism of Gran Hermano, the Spanish-language version of the reality show Big Brother.
GH VIP
proper noun
initialism of Gran Hermano VIP, the Spanish version of the reality show Big Brother in the adaptation with celebrities.
GISS
proper noun
Instituto Goddard de Estudios Espaciales
GN
noun, feminine
initialism of guardia nacional; national guard
GNC
noun, masculine
CNG (compressed natural gas)
GNL
noun, masculine
initialism of gas natural licuado (“LNG — liquified natural gas”)
GOPE
proper noun
acronym of Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (“Special Police Operations Group”), the police tactical unit in Chile
GORE
proper noun
acronym of Gobierno Regional
GOU
proper noun
initialism of Grupo de Oficiales Unidos (“United Officers' Group”), a nationalist secret society within the Argentine Army in the 1940s
GPI
phrase
initialism of gracias por invitar (Thanks for the invite.)
GPS
noun, masculine
GPS, Global Positioning System; GPS receiver, satnav
GPU
noun, feminine
GPU
GR
proper noun
abbreviation of Guerrero: a state of Mexico
GRIAA
proper noun
initialism of Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos The Colombian government's Air Accident Investigation Group.
GT
proper noun
abbreviation of Guanajuato: a state of Mexico
GVA
proper noun
GVA
Gabaldón
proper noun
a surname
Gabarre
proper noun
a surname
Gabarro
proper noun
a surname
Gabi
proper noun
a diminutive of the female given name Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabby
Gabi
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel, equivalent to English Gabe
Gabo
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel, equivalent to English Gabe; Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez
Gaborone
proper noun
Gaborone (the capital city of Botswana)
Gabriel
proper noun
a male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Gabriela, equivalent to English Gabriel; a surname originating as a patronymic
Gabriela
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Gabriel, equivalent to English Gabriella
Gabás
proper noun
a Spanish surname
Gabón
proper noun
Gabon (a country in Central Africa)
Gachalá
proper noun
a town in Cundinamarca department, Colombia, after which a famous emerald is named.
Gad
proper noun
Gad (Biblical character and tribe)
Gadamés
proper noun
Ghadamis
Gael
proper noun
a male given name
Gagaúzia
proper noun
Gagauzia (an autonomous territorial unit of Moldova)
Gagó
proper noun
a surname
Gaitán
proper noun
a surname
Galacia
proper noun
Galatia (a historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey); Galatia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD)
Galano
proper noun
a surname from Greek
Galapa
proper noun
Galapa (a town, a municipality of Atlántico department, Colombia)
Galarza
proper noun
a surname
Galdácano
proper noun
Galdakao (a town and municipality of Biscay, Basque Country, Spain)
Galdámez
proper noun
a surname from Basque
Galdós
proper noun
a surname
Galeano
proper noun
a surname
Galeras
proper noun
Galeras (a town, a municipality of Sucre department, Colombia)
Gales
proper noun
Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)
Galia
proper noun
Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine)
Galia Bélgica
proper noun
Gallia Belgica (an ancient province of the Roman Empire, existing from 22 BCE to the 5th century CE and located in modern northeast France, most of Belgium and Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany)
Galicia
proper noun
Galicia (a former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain); a surname
Galilea
proper noun
Galilee (a mountainous geographic region in northern Israel)
Galindo
proper noun
a surname
Galitzia
proper noun
Galicia (former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine)
Gallardo
proper noun
a surname
Gallego
proper noun
a surname
Gallegos
proper noun
a surname
Gallo
proper noun
a surname