callo

See also: calló and callo-

Catalan

Verb

callo

1. first-person singular present indicative of callar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese *coallo, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin coagulum following syncopation. Doublet of the borrowing coágulo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʎo̝/

Noun

callo m (plural callos)

1. rennet

   Synonyms: calleira, presoiro

2. (anatomy) abomasum (fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant)

Related terms

• coágulo
• callar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coall”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “callo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “callo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “callo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

callo

1. first-person singular present indicative of callar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin callum (“callus, induration”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: càl‧lo

Noun

callo m (plural calli)

1. callus
2. corn (on the feet)
3. blister (on the hands)

Derived terms

• callista

Related terms

• callifugo
• calloso

Further reading

• callo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Colla, alcol, colla

Latin

Noun

callō

1. dative/ablative singular of callum

Portuguese

Noun

callo m (plural callos)

1. Obsolete spelling of calo.

Verb

callo

1. Obsolete spelling of calo.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʝo/ [ˈka.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkaʝo/ [ˈka.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈkaʎo/ [ˈka.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkaʃo/ [ˈka.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkaʒo/ [ˈka.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo
• Rhymes: -aʎo
• Rhymes: -aʃo
• Rhymes: -aʒo

• Syllabification: ca‧llo
• Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) cayo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin callum (“callus, induration”).

Noun

callo m (plural callos)

1. (skin) callus
2. (skin) corn (on the feet)
3. (Spain) tripe
4. (colloquial) an ugly person

   Synonyms: feo, callo malayo

Derived terms

• al callo
• callo de hacha
• dar el callo
• pisar el callo

 

Related terms

• callosidad
• calloso

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kalyo

Etymology 2

Verb

callo

1. first-person singular present indicative of callar

Further reading

• “callo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Anagrams

• local