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Caló
Etymology
From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “dark, black”).
Adjective
caló (feminine callí)
- tanned, dark-skinned
- Romani
a sueí callí- the Romani people.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “caló” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
- “caló” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
- “caló” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”).
Noun
caló m (uncountable)
- Caló
- Synonym: romaní espanyol
See also
Noun
caló m (plural calós)
- an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary
Hypernyms
Etymology 2
From cala + -ó.
Noun
caló m (plural calons)
- (Balearic) a small cove
Hypernyms
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
caló m (plural calós)
- Caló (language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)
- Synonym: calão
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈlo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: ca‧ló
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”), from Romani kalo (“black”).
Noun
caló m (plural calós)
- Caló (the Para-Romani language mainly spoken in the past by Spanish and Portuguese Roma, which is based on Romance grammar, with an adstratum of Romani lexical items)
- an argot spoken by pachuchos in the United States
- Synonym: pachucho
Etymology 2
Verb
caló
- third-person singular preterite indicative of calar
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