chavo
See also: chavó, ćhavo, and čhavo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ochavo.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃa.vu/
- Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
- Hyphenation: cha‧vo
Noun
chavo m (plural chavos)
- small coin (small amount of money)
References
- “chavo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “chavo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romani
Noun
chavo m anim (plural chave)
- Anglicized form of ćhavo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -abo
- Syllabification: cha‧vo
Etymology 1
From Caló chavó.
Noun
chavo m (plural chavos, feminine chava, feminine plural chavas)
- (Mexico) boy, kid
- Synonym: chaval
- (Mexico, slang) guy (usually in his 20's)
- Synonym: chaval
Related terms
- chaval
Etymology 2
Clipping of ochavo
Noun
chavo m (plural chavos)
- (colloquial) ochavo (former currency of Spain made of copper)
- (colloquial, Cuba) centavo (subunit of the Cuban peso)
- (colloquial, Puerto Rico) centavo (subunit of the Puerto Rican dollar)
- (colloquial, Puerto Rico) cent (subunit of the US dollar)
- (colloquial, Puerto Rico) penny, cash, dough
Further reading
- “chavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014