caló

See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"

Caló

Etymology

From Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “dark, black”).

Adjective

caló (feminine callí)

1. tanned, dark-skinned
2. Romani

   a sueí callí

   the Romani people.

Derived terms

• zincaló

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: caló, calé
• → Portuguese: caló, calão
• → Spanish: caló

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈlo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”).

Noun

caló m (uncountable)

1. Caló

   Synonym: romaní espanyol

See also

• (Romani): gitano, romaní

Noun

caló m (plural calós)

1. an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary

Hypernyms

• argot (“argot”)

Etymology 2

From cala +‎ -ó.

Noun

caló m (plural calons)

1. (Balearic) a small cove

Hypernyms

• cala (“cove”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈlɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlɔ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧ló

Noun

caló m (plural calós)

1. Caló (language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)

   Synonym: calão

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlo/ [kaˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ca‧ló

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”), from Romani kalo (“black”).

Noun

caló m (plural calós)

1. 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)
2. an argot spoken by pachuchos in the United States

   Synonym: pachucho

Etymology 2

Verb

caló

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of calar

Further reading

• “caló”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10