caló

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) 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. (masculine) an argot spoken by pachucos in the United States

Verb

third-person singular preterite indicative of calar

calar

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

Caló

Romani

Romany

argot

cant

jargon

slang

gipsy slang

slanguag

gypsy language

Gypsy

Synonyms

romaní

gitana

gitano

jerga

Romany

Romani

Translations

romani

Romani

romani

Calo dili

tsigane

Zigeunersprache

Roma-Sprache

rromani

Caló

tzigane

calo

caló

kalo

Romanes

Hyphenated as

ca‧ló

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaˈlo/

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló: caló

In summary

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