"caló" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈlo/, [kaˈlo] Forms: calós [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Etymology tree Sanskrit काल (kāla) Romani kalo Caló calóbor. Spanish caló Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”), from Romani kalo. Etymology templates: {{ety|es|:bor|rmq:caló<t:Caló>|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Sanskrit काल (kāla) Romani kalo Caló calóbor. Spanish caló [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "Caló", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "dark, black", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Sanskrit", "term" : "काल", "status" : "ambiguous", "lang" : "sa" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Romani", "term" : "kalo", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "rom" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Caló", "term" : "caló", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "rmq" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "caló", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "es" }" data-lang="es" data-title="caló"> Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”), from Romani kalo., {{ety|es|:bor|rmq:caló<t:Caló>|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Sanskrit काल (kāla) Romani kalo Caló calóbor. Spanish caló Borrowed from Caló caló (“Caló”), from Romani kalo. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} caló m (plural calós)
  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) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caló-es-noun-HLtO3fow Categories (other): Spanish entries with etymology texts, Spanish entries with etymology trees, Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Languages Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology texts: 72 28 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymology trees: 72 28 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 76 24 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 74 21 6 Disambiguation of Languages: 59 27 14
  2. an argot spoken by pachucos in the United States Tags: masculine Synonyms: pachuco
    Sense id: en-caló-es-noun-C9uqCJcp Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 9 12 13 1 24 38 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 5 11 33 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 9 12 13 1 24 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kaˈlo/, [kaˈlo]
Rhymes: -o Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} caló
  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of calar Tags: form-of, indicative, preterite, singular, third-person Form of: calar
    Sense id: en-caló-es-verb-shakEgP6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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