calão

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See also: calao and cálao

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Spanish caló, from Caló caló, from Romani kalo.

Pronunciation

Noun

calão m (uncountable)

  1. vulgar slang; argot
    Synonyms: argot, gíria
  2. jargon (language characteristic of a particular group)
  3. Caló (a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)
    • 1975, Arthur Ramos, As culturas européias e europeizadas‎, Livraria-Editora da Casa do Estudante do Brasil, page 260:
      Sua língua no Brasil é o caló, calon ou calão, que por extensão passou a ser sinônimo de gíria ou geringonça.
      Their language in Brazil is the Caló, Calon or Calão, which, by extension, became a synonym of slang or argot.
    • 2002, Hildo Honório do Couto, Anticrioulo: manifestação lingüística de resistência cultural, Thesaurus Editora, page 20:
      Em (7) dou um exemplo do anglo-romani (a) e um do calão (calon) português(b), que está no mesmo caso, só que com gramática espanhola.
      In (7) I provide an example from Angloromani (a) and one from Portuguese Caló (calon) (b), which is in the same case, but with Spanish grammar.
    • 2009, Cristina da Costa Pereira, Os ciganos ainda estão na estrada‎, Rocco, page 49:
      Por meio de formas dialetais (manuche, calão), ciganos das mais diversas partes do mundo podem, contudo, se entender razoavelmente, considerando-se que têm como base linguística o romani.
      By means of dialectal forms (Manouche, Caló), gypsies from various parts of the world can, however, understand one another reasonably well, in view of the fact they have Romani as a linguistic ancestor.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly the same as above.

Pronunciation

Noun

calão m (plural calões, feminine calona, feminine plural calonas)

  1. an indolent individual
    Synonyms: preguiçoso, vadio, vagaba, vagabundo

Adjective

calão (feminine calona, masculine plural calões, feminine plural calonas)

  1. indolent; lazy

Etymology 3

From cala (“rope for nets”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

Noun

calão m (plural calões)

  1. a type of long boat used in the Algarve for fishing tuna
  2. carrying pole
    Synonym: canga
  3. a type of fishing net, with floaters in three corners and a sinker in the fourth corner

Etymology 4

From cale (“gutter”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

Noun

calão m (plural calões)

  1. a tile used to cover the bottom of ditches, to prevent water from being absorbed into the ground

Etymology 5

From kalam in a Dravidian language.

Pronunciation

Noun

calão m (plural calões)

  1. a type of large container for liquids

Etymology 6

From calo (“callus”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

Noun

calão m (plural calões)

  1. Augmentative of calo

Etymology 7

Verb

calão

  1. Obsolete form of calam.
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