calo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈka.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.lo]

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

French

Etymology

From Caló caló, self-designated Romani slang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lo/

• Audio:

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Noun

calo m (plural calos)

1. (slang) Caló; Romani; gypsy

Further reading

• “calo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin callum (“callus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kal (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑlʊ]

Noun

calo m (plural calos)

1. callus (hardened area of the skin)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 19:

     Et tãtas vezes ficou os jeonllos ẽno dia fazẽdo oraçõ a Deus, que tragia en eles calos

     And so many times he rested on his knees that day praying God, that he brought calluses on them

   • 20th century, a folk song (profanity):

     Unha vella de Taboadelo
     díxolle a outra de Xustáns
     que tiña máis calos na cona
     que o ferreiro ten nas mans

     An old woman from Taboadelo
     Told another from Xustáns
     that she had more calluses in the cunt
     than a blacksmith in his hands

2. callus (material occurring in bone fractures)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Cantonese 查佬 as 查 +‎ 佬.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃalo]
• Hyphenation: ca‧lo

Noun

calo (plural calo-calo)

1. (colloquial) passenger recruiter, ticket scalper, broker.

Derived terms

• mencalo
• pencaloan
• percaloan

Further reading

• “calo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lo/
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: cà‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from calare +‎ -o.

Noun

calo m (plural cali)

1. (archaic) fall

   Synonym: caduta

2. (figurative) drop, loss, decrease

   Synonyms: caduta, diminuzione, ribasso, riduzione, perdita

   Antonyms: aumento, incremento

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calare

Anagrams

• cola, colà, laco, loca