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)

  1. small coin (small amount of money)

References
  1. “chavo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. “chavo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romani

Noun

chavo m anim (plural chave)

  1. 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)

  1. (Mexico) boy, kid
    Synonym: chaval
  2. (Mexico, slang) guy (usually in his 20's)
    Synonym: chaval

Etymology 2

Clipping of ochavo

Noun

chavo m (plural chavos)

  1. (colloquial) ochavo (former currency of Spain made of copper)
  2. (colloquial, Cuba) centavo (subunit of the Cuban peso)
  3. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) centavo (subunit of the Puerto Rican dollar)
  4. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) cent (subunit of the US dollar)
  5. (colloquial, Puerto Rico) penny, cash, dough

Further reading
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