xava

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Catalan

Etymology

Clipping of xaval.

Pronunciation

Noun

xava m (uncountable)

  1. Hispanicized Catalan spoken in parts of Barcelona
    • 1993, Quim Monzó, “Pigmalió”, in El perquè de tot plegat, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, →ISBN, page 39:
      Contràriament a la pel·lícula, la noia ni és ignorant ni parla xava.
      Contrary to the movie, the girl is not ignorant nor does she speak xava.

Noun

xava m or f by sense (plural xaves)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of xaval

Further reading

Tsonga

Verb

xava

  1. to buy