calo

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈka.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈka.lo]

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

From Caló caló, self-designated Romani slang.

• IPA^(key): /ka.lo/

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calo m (plural calos)

1. (slang) Caló; Romani; gypsy

• “calo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin callum (“callus”), from Proto-Indo-European *kal (“hard”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑlʊ]

calo m (plural calos)

1. callus (hardened area of the skin)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 19:

     Et tãtas vezes ficou os jeonllos ẽno dia fazẽdo oraçõ a Deus, que tragia en eles calos

     And so many times he rested on his knees that day praying God, that he brought calluses on them

   • 20th century, a folk song (profanity):

     Unha vella de Taboadelo
     díxolle a outra de Xustáns
     que tiña máis calos na cona
     que o ferreiro ten nas mans

     An old woman from Taboadelo
     Told another from Xustáns
     that she had more calluses in the cunt
     than a blacksmith in his hands

2. callus (material occurring in bone fractures)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

From Cantonese 查佬 as 查 +‎ 佬.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃalo]
• Hyphenation: ca‧lo

calo (plural calo-calo)

1. (colloquial) passenger recruiter, ticket scalper, broker

• “calo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lo/
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: cà‧lo

Deverbal from calare +‎ -o.

calo m (plural cali)

1. (archaic) fall

   Synonym: caduta

2. (figurative) drop, loss, decrease

   Synonyms: caduta, diminuzione, ribasso, riduzione, perdita

   Antonyms: aumento, incremento

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calare

• cola, colà, laco, loca

• kalō

From Proto-Italic *kelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, shout”).^[1]

Cognate with Latin clāmō, clārus, classis, concilium, Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō), Old English hlōwan (“to make a loud noise, roar, bellow”) (whence English low (“to moo”)). Another possible cognate is Proto-Slavic *kolkolъ (“bell”). Not related to call.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.lo]

calō (present infinitive calāre, supine calātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

1. to call, announce solemnly, call out

Due to the lack of active perfect system forms, the phrase "X called Y" is done via "[nominative of Y] est calātus per [accusative of X]"

• calātōrius

• “calo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Unknown.^[1] One possibility is a substrate.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ɫoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.lo]

cālō m (genitive cālōnis); third declension

1. a military servant

Third-declension noun.

• “calo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “calo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "calo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• calo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “calo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “calo”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “calo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calō (present infinitive calāre, perfect active calāvī, supine calātum); first conjugation

1. alternative form of chalō

• callo (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: ca‧lo

From Latin callum (“callus”),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kal (“hard”).

calo m (plural calos)

1. callus (hardened area of the skin)
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 58:

     Effectivamente os sapatos apertavam-lhe os dedos, faziam-lhe callos.

     Effectively the shoes squeezed his fingers, made calluses.

2. callus (material occurring in bone fractures)

   Synonym: calo ósseo

• pisar no calo de alguém
• ter calo no coração

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

• “calo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “calo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “calo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “calo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “calo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalo/ [ˈka.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: ca‧lo

Deverbal from calar.

calo m (plural calos)

1. the soundable depth of a body of water

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

• “calo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024