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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chavalo, from Caló chavale, chavó.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -alu
- Hyphenation: cha‧va‧lo
Noun
chavalo m (plural chavalos, feminine chavala, feminine plural chavalas)
- (Portugal, informal) child, youngster
- Synonyms: miúdo, puto
References
Spanish
Etymology
From chaval.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈbalo/
- Rhymes: -alo
- Syllabification: cha‧va‧lo
Noun
chavalo m (plural chavalos, feminine chavala, feminine plural chavalas)
- boy
- Synonyms: chico, niño
- young man
- Synonyms: chamaco, chaval, chavo, muchacho
- lad
- (Nicaragua, informal) young kid, teenager, young adult