CALÓ Definition & Meaning

�䲹��ó

Sometimes ��·��ó

[kuh-loh, kah-law]

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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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of �䲹��ó¹

First recorded in 1840–45 �䲹��ó for def. 2, and in 1945–50 �䲹��ó for def. 1; from Spanish, from Romani

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Example Sentences

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“The price for free speech should not be this high,” said Arturo Carmona, president and publisher of �䲹��ó News, a news site that covers issues that matter to English-speaking Latinos.

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Calo: We wanted it to sound like when you’re in a room with way too many people who’ve known each other for way too long and are probably drinking way too much.

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Calo: It’s usually the matriarchs doing all the work to make these Christmases nice for their families, and it’s just f— miserable.

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Calo: There’s no level of appreciation that would make it work for Donna.

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Calo: Donna has forced Natalie for her whole life into the place of making it OK and then resenting her for making it OK.

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