caló

See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"

Caló

Etymology

From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, dark, black).

Adjective

caló (feminine callí)

  1. tanned, dark-skinned
  2. Romani
    a sueí callí
    the Romani people.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: caló, calé
  • Portuguese: caló, calão
  • Spanish: caló

References

  • caló” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
  • caló” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
  • caló” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Caló caló (Caló).

Noun

caló m (uncountable)

  1. Caló
    Synonym: romaní espanyol
See also

Noun

caló m (plural calós)

  1. an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary
Hypernyms

Etymology 2

From cala + .

Noun

caló m (plural calons)

  1. (Balearic) a small cove
Hypernyms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ló

Noun

caló m (plural calós)

  1. Caló (language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)
    Synonym: calão

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈlo/ [kaˈlo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ca‧ló

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Caló caló (Caló), from Romani kalo (black).

Noun

caló m (plural calós)

  1. Caló (the Para-Romani language mainly spoken in the past by Spanish and Portuguese Roma, which is based on Romance grammar, with an adstratum of Romani lexical items)
  2. an argot spoken by pachuchos in the United States
    Synonym: pachucho

Verb

caló

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of calar

Further reading

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