xaval
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Caló chavale, vocative plural of chavó (“boy”). Compare Spanish chaval.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]xaval m (plural xavals, feminine xavala)
- (colloquial) boy, young man
- Synonym: noi
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “xaval” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “xaval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “xaval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.