calvo

== Asturian == === Adjective === calvo neuter of calvu == Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkalβo̝/ === Adjective === calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas) bald (having no hair) Synonym: pelado bald (having no trees or vegetation) Synonym: pelado backward horned Synonym: calvelo ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “calvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calvo”, 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), “calvo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calvo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin calvus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkal.vo/ Rhymes: -alvo Hyphenation: càl‧vo === Adjective === calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvi, feminine plural calve) bald === Noun === calvo m (plural calvi, feminine calva) bald man ==== Derived terms ==== calvare ==== Related terms ==== calvizie === Anagrams === valco, valcò == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaɫ.woː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.vo] === Adjective === calvō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of calvus == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === From Latin calvus, in turn from Proto-Italic *kalowos, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”). Compare Spanish calvo, Catalan calb, French chauve and, more distantly related, Sanskrit कुल्व (kulva). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Brazil) -awvu, (Portugal) -alvu Homophone: Calvo Hyphenation: cal‧vo ==== Adjective ==== calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas) bald (having no hair) Synonym: careca (Brazil) balding ==== Further reading ==== “calvo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “calvo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== calvo first-person singular present indicative of calvar == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish calvo, from Latin calvus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkalbo/ [ˈkal.β̞o] Rhymes: -albo Syllabification: cal‧vo === Adjective === calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas) bald (lacking hair) quedarse calvo ― to go bald bare (lacking vegetation) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === calvo m (plural calvos, feminine calva, feminine plural calvas) bald person ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === alopecia pelado lampiño === Further reading === “calvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025