alcavot

• alcabot

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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.kəˈβɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.kəˈvɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.kaˈvɔt]

alcavot m (plural alcavots, feminine alcavota, feminine plural alcavotes)

1. pimp, procurer

   Synonyms: proxeneta, rufià

2. go-between

   Synonym: mitjancer

3. someone who helps conceal a crime; accessory

   Synonym: encobridor

alcavot m (plural alcavots)

1. (theater) drop-scene

• alcavotejar

• “alcavot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007