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Caló
[ kuh-loh; Spanish kah-law ]
noun
- a variety of Spanish influenced by Mexican underworld argot with a large admixture of English words, spoken especially by Mexican Americans in cities of the southwestern United States.
- a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Roma.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Caló1
First recorded in 1840–45 Caló fordef 2, and in 1945–50 Caló fordef 1; from Spanish, from Romani
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Example Sentences
I wish to dispose of the donkey; no one, however, will buy him; he is a Caló donkey, and every person avoids him.
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I wish to dispose of the donkey: no one, however, will buy him; he is a Caló donkey, and every person avoids him.
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That is Jaraicejo,” said Antonio; “a bad place it is, and a bad place it has ever been for the Caló people.
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Is it in Caló that you are speaking before me, and I a chalan and national?
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