Masculine
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calhau

Meaning

  1. (masculine) stone, boulder
  2. (derogatory, informal, masculine) idiot
  3. (Brazil, masculine) placeholder
  4. (Brazil, masculine) an ad placed to fill space in a newspaper page; filler
  5. (Madeira, masculine) pebble beach

Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈʎaw/
Etymology

Borrowed from Provençal calhau, from Gaulish caljavo or from *caljo (“stone”).

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