calo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "calo"

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

French

Etymology

From Caló caló, self-designated gypsy slang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.lo/

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Noun

calo m (plural calos)

1. (slang) Caló; gypsy

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɑlʊ]

Noun

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)

References

• 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: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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

Etymology 2

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

Indonesian

Etymology

From Cantonese 查佬 as 查 +‎ 佬.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

calo (first-person possessive caloku, second-person possessive calomu, third-person possessive calonya)

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

Derived terms

• mencalo
• pencaloan
• percaloan

 

Further reading

• “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.

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from calare +‎ -o.

Noun

calo m (plural cali)

1. (archaic) fall

   Synonym: caduta

2. (figurative) drop, loss, decrease

   Synonyms: caduta, diminuzione, ribasso, riduzione, perdita

   Antonyms: aumento, incremento

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calare

Anagrams

• cola, colà, laco, loca

Latin

Alternative forms

• kalō

Etymology 1

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

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.loː/, [ˈkäɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lo/, [ˈkäːlo]

Verb

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

1. to call, announce solemnly, call out

Conjugation

Conjugation of calō (first conjugation, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calō	calās	calat	calāmus	calātis	calant
	imperfect	calābam	calābās	calābat	calābāmus	calābātis	calābant
	future	calābō	calābis	calābit	calābimus	calābitis	calābunt
passive	present	calor	calāris, calāre	calātur	calāmur	calāminī	calantur
	imperfect	calābar	calābāris, calābāre	calābātur	calābāmur	calābāminī	calābantur
	future	calābor	calāberis, calābere	calābitur	calābimur	calābiminī	calābuntur
	perfect	calātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	calātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	calātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calem	calēs	calet	calēmus	calētis	calent
	imperfect	calārem	calārēs	calāret	calārēmus	calārētis	calārent
passive	present	caler	calēris, calēre	calētur	calēmur	calēminī	calentur
	imperfect	calārer	calārēris, calārēre	calārētur	calārēmur	calārēminī	calārentur
	perfect	calātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	calātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calā	—	—	calāte	—
	future	—	calātō	calātō	—	calātōte	calantō
passive	present	—	calāre	—	—	calāminī	—
	future	—	calātor	calātor	—	—	calantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calāre	—	calātūrum esse	calārī	calātum esse	calātum īrī
participles		calāns	—	calātūrus	—	calātus	calandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calandī	calandō	calandum	calandō	calātum	calātū

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

Derived terms

• Calābra curia
• calandus
  • calendae
• calātiō
• calātor
• calātus
• Comitia calata
• intercalō

Related terms

• calātōrius

References

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

Etymology 2

Unknown. One possibility is a substrate.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.loː/, [ˈkäːɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.lo/, [ˈkäːlo]

Noun

cālō m (genitive cālōnis); third declension

1. a military servant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cālō	cālōnēs
Genitive	cālōnis	cālōnum
Dative	cālōnī	cālōnibus
Accusative	cālōnem	cālōnēs
Ablative	cālōne	cālōnibus
Vocative	cālō	cālōnēs

References

• “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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of chalō

Conjugation

Conjugation of calō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calō	calās	calat	calāmus	calātis	calant
	imperfect	calābam	calābās	calābat	calābāmus	calābātis	calābant
	future	calābō	calābis	calābit	calābimus	calābitis	calābunt
	perfect	calāvī	calāvistī	calāvit	calāvimus	calāvistis	calāvērunt, calāvēre
	pluperfect	calāveram	calāverās	calāverat	calāverāmus	calāverātis	calāverant
	future perfect	calāverō	calāveris	calāverit	calāverimus	calāveritis	calāverint
passive	present	calor	calāris, calāre	calātur	calāmur	calāminī	calantur
	imperfect	calābar	calābāris, calābāre	calābātur	calābāmur	calābāminī	calābantur
	future	calābor	calāberis, calābere	calābitur	calābimur	calābiminī	calābuntur
	perfect	calātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	calātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	calātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calem	calēs	calet	calēmus	calētis	calent
	imperfect	calārem	calārēs	calāret	calārēmus	calārētis	calārent
	perfect	calāverim	calāverīs	calāverit	calāverīmus	calāverītis	calāverint
	pluperfect	calāvissem	calāvissēs	calāvisset	calāvissēmus	calāvissētis	calāvissent
passive	present	caler	calēris, calēre	calētur	calēmur	calēminī	calentur
	imperfect	calārer	calārēris, calārēre	calārētur	calārēmur	calārēminī	calārentur
	perfect	calātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	calātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calā	—	—	calāte	—
	future	—	calātō	calātō	—	calātōte	calantō
passive	present	—	calāre	—	—	calāminī	—
	future	—	calātor	calātor	—	—	calantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calāre	calāvisse	calātūrum esse	calārī	calātum esse	calātum īrī
participles		calāns	—	calātūrus	—	calātus	calandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calandī	calandō	calandum	calandō	calātum	calātū

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• callo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.lu/

• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: ca‧lo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

calo m (plural calos)

1. callus (hardened area of the skin)
2. callus (material occurring in bone fractures)

   Synonym: calo ósseo

Derived terms

• pisar no calo de alguém
• ter calo no coração

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

Further reading

• “calo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “calo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “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, 2015–2024
• “calo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from calar.

Noun

calo m (plural calos)

1. the soundable depth of a body of water

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calar

Further reading

• “calo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28