caló
See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"
Caló edit
Etymology edit
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “dark, black”).
Adjective edit
caló (feminine callí)
- tanned, dark-skinned
- Romani
- a sueí callí
- the Romani people.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”).
Noun edit
caló m (uncountable)
- Caló
- Synonym: romaní espanyol
See also edit
Noun edit
caló m (plural calós)
- an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary
Hypernyms edit
- argot (“argot”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
caló m (plural calons)
Hypernyms edit
- cala (“cove”)
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧ló
Noun edit
caló m (plural calós)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”), from Romani kalo (“black”).
Noun edit
caló m (plural calós)
- 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)
- an argot spoken by pachuchos in the United States
- Synonym: pachucho
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
caló
Further reading edit
- “caló”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014