caló

an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary


meco

(Barcelona criminal slang) fool, easy mark


bandit

ca-noun

bandit m (plural bandits, feminine bandida)


extorsionar

ca-verb

extorsionar (first-person singular present extorsiono, first-person singular preterite extorsioní, past participle extorsionat)

extorsiono (first-person present singular)
extorsioní (first-person preterite singular)
extorsionat (participle past)
extorsionar (infinitive)
extorsionant (gerund)
extorsionat (masculine participle past singular)
extorsionada (feminine participle past singular)
extorsionats (masculine participle past plural)
extorsionades (feminine participle past plural)
extorsiono (first-person indicative present singular)
extorsiones (indicative present second-person singular)
extorsiona (indicative present singular third-person)
extorsionem (first-person indicative plural present)
extorsioneu (indicative plural present second-person)
extorsionen (indicative plural present third-person)
extorsionava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
extorsionaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
extorsionava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
extorsionàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
extorsionàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
extorsionaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
extorsionaré (first-person future indicative singular)
extorsionaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
extorsionarà (future indicative singular third-person)
extorsionarem (first-person future indicative plural)
extorsionareu (future indicative plural second-person)
extorsionaran (future indicative plural third-person)
extorsioní (first-person indicative preterite singular)
extorsionares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
extorsionà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
extorsionàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
extorsionàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
extorsionaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
extorsionaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
extorsionaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
extorsionaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
extorsionaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
extorsionaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
extorsionarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
extorsioni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
extorsionis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
extorsioni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
extorsionem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
extorsioneu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
extorsionin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
extorsionés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
extorsionessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
extorsionés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
extorsionéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
extorsionéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
extorsionessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
extorsiona (imperative second-person)
extorsioni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
extorsionem (first-person imperative plural)
extorsioneu (imperative plural second-person)
extorsionin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no extorsionis (imperative negative second-person)
no extorsioni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no extorsionem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no extorsioneu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no extorsionin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


malversar

malversar (first-person singular present malverso, first-person singular preterite malversí, past participle malversat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

malversar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
malverso (first-person present singular)
malversí (first-person preterite singular)
malversat (participle past)
malversar (infinitive)
malversant (gerund)
malversat (masculine participle past singular)
malversada (feminine participle past singular)
malversats (masculine participle past plural)
malversades (feminine participle past plural)
malverso (first-person indicative present singular)
malverses (indicative present second-person singular)
malversa (indicative present singular third-person)
malversem (first-person indicative plural present)
malverseu (indicative plural present second-person)
malversen (indicative plural present third-person)
malversava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
malversaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
malversava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
malversàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
malversàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
malversaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
malversaré (first-person future indicative singular)
malversaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
malversarà (future indicative singular third-person)
malversarem (first-person future indicative plural)
malversareu (future indicative plural second-person)
malversaran (future indicative plural third-person)
malversí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
malversares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
malversà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
malversàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
malversàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
malversaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
malversaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
malversaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
malversaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
malversaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
malversaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
malversarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
malversi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
malversis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
malversi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
malversem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
malverseu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
malversin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
malversés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
malversessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
malversés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
malverséssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
malverséssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
malversessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
malversa (imperative second-person)
malversi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
malversem (first-person imperative plural)
malverseu (imperative plural second-person)
malversin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no malversis (imperative negative second-person)
no malversi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no malversem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no malverseu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no malversin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


faraó

ca-noun

faraó m (plural faraons, feminine faraona)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ).


parricidi

Learned borrowing from Latin parricīdium.


identitat

From Vulgar Latin identitātem, from Classical Latin idem (“same, the same”).

A select group of poets, claiming to defend their own identity

un grup selecte de poetes que pretengueren defensar la pròpia identitat […]


carterista

ca-noun

carterista m or f by sense (plural carteristes)


lloca

Onomatopoeic. Compare German Glucke, Spanish clueca, Italian chioccia, etc.


masmorra

Borrowed from Spanish mazmorra, from Arabic مَطْمُورَة (maṭmūra).


extorsionador

extorsionador m (plural extorsionadors, feminine extorsionadora)

extorsionadors (plural)
extorsionadora (feminine)


Mossos d'Esquadra

ca-proper noun

els Mossos d'Esquadra m pl (plural only)

els Mossos d'Esquadra (canonical masculine plural)

Mossos d'Esquadra
Mossos d'Esquadra#English

Mossos d'Esquadra (the police force of Catalonia)


malversació

Ja fa uns mesos, la fiscalia va desistir d'acusar els tres investigats per malversació de fons públics, i això ha evitat que pogués demanar penes de presó per a ells.

2016 October 5, “El Suprem decideix investigar Homs pel 9-N”, in El Periódico:


afanador

ca-noun

afanador m (plural afanadors, feminine afanadora)


robatori

From robar + -tori. First attested in 1471.


garjola

Uncertain. A connection with cajola < caveŏla has been proposed.


escamot

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Catalan escabot, from Occitan escabel, from Latin scabellum (“footstool”).

escamot d'execució


pispar

ca-verb

pispar (first-person singular present pispo, first-person singular preterite pispí, past participle pispat)

pispo (first-person present singular)
pispí (first-person preterite singular)
pispat (participle past)
pispar (infinitive)
pispant (gerund)
pispat (masculine participle past singular)
pispada (feminine participle past singular)
pispats (masculine participle past plural)
pispades (feminine participle past plural)
pispo (first-person indicative present singular)
pispes (indicative present second-person singular)
pispa (indicative present singular third-person)
pispem (first-person indicative plural present)
pispeu (indicative plural present second-person)
pispen (indicative plural present third-person)
pispava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pispaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pispava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pispàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pispàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pispaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pisparé (first-person future indicative singular)
pisparàs (future indicative second-person singular)
pisparà (future indicative singular third-person)
pisparem (first-person future indicative plural)
pispareu (future indicative plural second-person)
pisparan (future indicative plural third-person)
pispí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
pispares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
pispà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
pispàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
pispàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
pisparen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pisparia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
pisparies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
pisparia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
pisparíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
pisparíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
pisparien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
pispi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pispis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pispi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pispem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pispeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pispin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pispés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pispessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pispés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pispéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pispéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pispessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pispa (imperative second-person)
pispi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
pispem (first-person imperative plural)
pispeu (imperative plural second-person)
pispin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no pispis (imperative negative second-person)
no pispi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no pispem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no pispeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no pispin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive, colloquial) to pinch, to swipe


bandoler

ca-noun

bandoler m (plural bandolers, feminine bandolera)


segabosses

Verb-object compound, composed of sega (“to reap”) + bosses (“bags, purses”).

ca-verb-obj

bag snatcher, purse snatcher (a petty thief who chiefly steals handbags)


rapinya

From archaic rapina, from Latin rapīna. The change of n to ny is due to influence from the verb rapinyar.


tàvega

Borrowed from Arabic طَبَقَة (ṭabaqa, “level; storey”), from Middle Persian *tābaq.


contrafaedor

ca-noun

contrafaedor m (plural contrafaedors, feminine contrafaedora)

contrafaedors (plural)
contrafaedora (feminine)


rebentapisos

rebentapisos m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of rebenta (“to burst, to break”) + pisos (“flats/apartments”).


espanyaportes

ca-noun

espanyaportes m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of espanya (“to break open”) + portes (“doors”).


guàrdia civil

one of two national police forces of contemporary Spain


bòfia

Inherited from Latin fovea (“hole”) via metathesis.


rampinyar

ca-verb

rampinyar (first-person singular present rampinyo, first-person singular preterite rampinyí, past participle rampinyat)

rampinyo (first-person present singular)
rampinyí (first-person preterite singular)
rampinyat (participle past)
rampinyar (infinitive)
rampinyant (gerund)
rampinyat (masculine participle past singular)
rampinyada (feminine participle past singular)
rampinyats (masculine participle past plural)
rampinyades (feminine participle past plural)
rampinyo (first-person indicative present singular)
rampinyes (indicative present second-person singular)
rampinya (indicative present singular third-person)
rampinyem (first-person indicative plural present)
rampinyeu (indicative plural present second-person)
rampinyen (indicative plural present third-person)
rampinyava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rampinyaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rampinyava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rampinyàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rampinyàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rampinyaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rampinyaré (first-person future indicative singular)
rampinyaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
rampinyarà (future indicative singular third-person)
rampinyarem (first-person future indicative plural)
rampinyareu (future indicative plural second-person)
rampinyaran (future indicative plural third-person)
rampinyí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
rampinyares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
rampinyà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
rampinyàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
rampinyàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
rampinyaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
rampinyaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
rampinyaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
rampinyaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
rampinyaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
rampinyaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
rampinyarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
rampinyi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rampinyis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rampinyi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rampinyem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rampinyeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rampinyin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rampinyés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rampinyessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rampinyés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rampinyéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rampinyéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rampinyessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rampinya (imperative second-person)
rampinyi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
rampinyem (first-person imperative plural)
rampinyeu (imperative plural second-person)
rampinyin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no rampinyis (imperative negative second-person)
no rampinyi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no rampinyem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no rampinyeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no rampinyin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

From rapinyar (“to rob”), with influence from rampinar (“to rake”).


escurabutxaques

ca-noun

escurabutxaques m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of escura (“to clean out”) + butxaques (“pockets”).


alcavot

ca-noun

alcavot m (plural alcavots, feminine alcavota)

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic القَوَّاد (al-qawwád), from Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād, “pimp”).

bor+

someone who helps conceal a crime; accessory


reincident

ca-noun

reincident m or f by sense (plural reincidents)


concussió

Learned borrowing from Latin concussiōnem.

lbor

(law) solicitation of bribery, extortion


tiroteig massiu

ca-noun

tiroteig massiu m (plural tiroteigs massius or tirotejos massius)

tiroteigs massius (plural)
tirotejos massius (plural)


guàrdia urbà

guàrdia urbà m (plural guàrdies urbans, feminine guàrdia urbana)

guàrdies urbans (plural)
guàrdia urbana (feminine)


agressió sexual

agressió sexual f (plural agressions sexuals)


atracament

atracament a mà armada

atracament a plena llum del dia


confidència

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfīdentia.


policíac

ca-adj

policíac (feminine policíaca, masculine plural policíacs, feminine plural policíaques)

policíaca (feminine)
policíacs (masculine plural)
policíaques (feminine plural)