chavo
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish ochavo.[1][2]
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editchavo m (plural chavos)
- small coin (small amount of money)
References
edit- ^ “chavo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “chavo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romani
editNoun
editchavo m anim (plural chave)
- Anglicized form of ćhavo
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editchavo m (plural chavos, feminine chava, feminine plural chavas)
- (Mexico) boy, kid
- Synonym: chaval
- El Chavo del Ocho
- The Kid or The Boy from number Eight
- (Mexico, slang) guy (usually in his 20's)
- Synonym: chaval
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editchavo m (plural chavos)
- (colloquial) ochavo (former currency of Spain made of copper)
- (colloquial, Cuba) centavo (subunit of the Cuban peso)
- (colloquial, Puerto Rico) centavo (subunit of the Puerto Rican dollar)
- (colloquial, Puerto Rico) cent (subunit of the US dollar)
- (colloquial, Puerto Rico) penny, cash, dough
Further reading
edit- “chavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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