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Caló

Caló proper noun: a mixed language or dialect spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani.

Proper noun

Caló

  1. a mixed language or dialect spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani.
  2. an argot spoken by pachuco Chicanos in the United States in the early 20th century.

Origin of Caló

From Caló caló.

Questions about Caló

What does Caló mean?
Caló means a mixed language or dialect spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani.
What part of speech is Caló?
Caló is a proper noun.

Words near Caló in the dictionary

  1. calzones
  2. calzoni
  3. calzoons
  4. calèche
  5. calèches
  6. Caló
  7. cam
  8. cam band
  9. cam belt
  10. cam belts
  11. cam boy

Source and license

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