travelo
French edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of travesti + -lo, a suffix also found in gigolo and dirlo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
travelo m (plural travelos)
Further reading edit
- “travelo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From a clipping of travesti + -elo.
Noun edit
travelo m or f by sense (plural travelos)
- (Spain, offensive, vulgar, slang, especially in pornography) shemale, tranny, a trans woman (transsexual or transvestite person)
References edit
- RAEinforma (2023 March 15) “#RAEconsultas Por su parte, «travelo» es una deformación peyorativa del término «travesti», que el «DLE» define como 'persona, generalmente hombre, que se viste y se caracteriza como alguien del sexo contrario'.”, in Twitter[1] (in Spanish), retrieved 20 December 2023