Masculine
calhau
Meaning
- (masculine) stone, boulder
- (derogatory, informal, masculine) idiot
- (Brazil, masculine) placeholder
- (Brazil, masculine) an ad placed to fill space in a newspaper page; filler
- (Madeira, masculine) pebble beach
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈʎaw/
Etymology
Borrowed from Provençal calhau, from Gaulish caljavo or from *caljo (“stone”).
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