Caló edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

caló (feminine callí)

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

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Caló caló (Caló).

Noun edit

caló m (uncountable)

  1. Caló
    Synonym: romaní espanyol
See also edit

Noun edit

caló m (plural calós)

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

Etymology 2 edit

From cala +‎ .

Noun edit

caló m (plural calons)

  1. (Balearics) a small cove
Hypernyms edit

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ló

Noun edit

caló m (plural calós)

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

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

caló

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of calar

Further reading edit