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caló.

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)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈlo/[kaˈlo]
  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)

    masculine
  2. an argot spoken by pachucos in the United States

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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

verb/kaˈlo/[kaˈlo]
  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of calar

    form-of · indicative · preterite · singular · third-person
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.