chaval
See also: čhaval
Romansch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of disputed origin.
Noun edit
chaval m (plural chavals) (Rumantsch Grischun)
See also edit
Chess pieces in Romansch · figuras da schah (layout · text) | |||||
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retg | dama | tur | currider | chaval | pur |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Caló chavó, from Romani ćhavo. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva, “baby animal”), from Sanskrit *छाप (chāpa). Cognate with Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”) and Marathi छावा (chāvā, “cub”). Related to Portuguese chavalo and English chav and regional German Chabo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chaval m (plural chavales, feminine chavala, feminine plural chavalas)
- (chiefly Spain) kid, boy
- young man, lad, youngster
- Synonym: (Mexico) chavo
- (Spain, informal) buddy, guy
- 2020, “El Parque de las Balas”, performed by Carolina Durante:
- En el parque de las balas / Tardes y noches, fines de semanas / Con los chavales y con las chavalas
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading edit
- “chaval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Lucía Petisco, Benjamín Cabaleiro, Gonzalo Montaño, Ana Segovia (2019) “Romani Lessons”, in Joaquín López Bustamante, editor, Fundación Secretariado Gitano[1], Madrid, retrieved August 27, 2021