xava

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Clipping of xaval.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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.
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Noun

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xava m or f by sense (plural xaves)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of xaval

Further reading

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Tsonga

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Verb

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xava

  1. to buy