See also: chavó, ćhavo, and čhavo

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ochavo.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
  • Hyphenation: cha‧vo

Noun

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chavo m (plural chavos)

  1. small coin (small amount of money)

References

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  1. ^ chavo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ chavo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Romani

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Noun

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chavo m anim (plural chave)

  1. Anglicized form of ćhavo

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -abo
  • Syllabification: cha‧vo

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Caló chavó.

Noun

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chavo m (plural chavos, feminine chava, feminine plural chavas)

  1. (Mexico) boy, kid
    Synonym: chaval
    El Chavo del Ocho
    The Kid or The Boy from number Eight
  2. (Mexico, slang) guy (usually in his 20's)
    Synonym: chaval
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of ochavo

Noun

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chavo m (plural chavos)

  1. (colloquial) ochavo (former currency of Spain made of copper)
  2. (colloquial, Cuba) centavo (subunit of the Cuban peso)
  3. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) centavo (subunit of the Puerto Rican dollar)
  4. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) cent (subunit of the US dollar)
  5. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) penny, cash, dough

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