calote

== Galician == === Etymology === Unknown. Perhaps from French calotte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kɑˈlɔtɪ] === Noun === calote m (plural calotes) scam (fraudulent deal) Synonym: pufo trickery, ruse Synonyms: engano, trampa ==== Derived terms ==== caloteiro === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calote”, 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), “calote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French culotte. ==== Noun ==== calote m (plural calotes) (informal) a defaulted debt an act of defaulting on debts Synonym: default (law) a scam (fraudulent deal) Synonyms: burla, (Brazil) golpe ===== Derived terms ===== caloteiro === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French calotte. ==== Noun ==== calote f (plural calotes) alternative form of calota === Further reading === “calote”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “calote”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “calote”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026 “calote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “calote”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kaˈlote] === Noun === calote f inflection of calotă: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular