chavo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ochavo. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu Hyphenation: cha‧vo === Noun === chavo m (plural chavos) small coin (small amount of money) === References === === Further reading === “chavo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Romani == === Noun === chavo m anim (plural chave) Anglicized form of ćhavo == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabo/ [ˈt͡ʃa.β̞o] Rhymes: -abo Syllabification: cha‧vo === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Caló chavó. ==== Noun ==== chavo m (plural chavos, feminine chava, feminine plural chavas) (Mexico) boy, kid Synonyms: chaval, chamaco, morro (Mexico, slang) guy (usually in his 20's) Synonym: chaval (Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico) romantic partner ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Clipping of ochavo. ==== Noun ==== chavo m (plural chavos) (colloquial) ochavo (former currency of Spain made of copper) (colloquial, Cuba) centavo (subunit of the Cuban peso) (colloquial, Puerto Rico) centavo (subunit of the Puerto Rican dollar) (colloquial, Puerto Rico) cent (subunit of the US dollar) (colloquial, Puerto Rico) penny, cash, dough (colloquial, Canary Islands) penny (small-denomination coin) === Further reading === “chavo”, 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