# calão
## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Spanish caló, from Caló caló, from Romani kalo.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
* Hyphenation: ca‧lão

#### Noun

calão m (uncountable)
* vulgar slang; argot
    Synonyms: argot, gíria
* jargon (language characteristic of a particular group)
* Caló (a language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani)
** 1975, Arthur Ramos, As culturas européias e europeizadas‎, Livraria-Editora da Casa do Estudante do Brasil, page 260:Sua língua no Brasil é o caló, calon ou calão, que por extensão passou a ser sinônimo de gíria ou geringonça.Their language in Brazil is the Caló, Calon or Calão, which, by extension, became a synonym of slang or argot.
** 2002, Hildo Honório do Couto, Anticrioulo: manifestação lingüística de resistência cultural, Thesaurus Editora, page 20:Em (7) dou um exemplo do anglo-romani (a) e um do calão (calon) português(b), que está no mesmo caso, só que com gramática espanhola.In (7) I provide an example from Angloromani (a) and one from Portuguese Caló (calon) (b), which is in the same case, but with Spanish grammar.
** 2009, Cristina da Costa Pereira, Os ciganos ainda estão na estrada‎, Rocco, page 49:Por meio de formas dialetais (manuche, calão), ciganos das mais diversas partes do mundo podem, contudo, se entender razoavelmente, considerando-se que têm como base linguística o romani.By means of dialectal forms (Manouche, Caló), gypsies from various parts of the world can, however, understand one another reasonably well, in view of the fact they have Romani as a linguistic ancestor.

##### Derived terms

* baixo calão

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Possibly the same as above.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
* Hyphenation: ca‧lão

#### Noun

calão m (plural calões, feminine calona, feminine plural calonas)
* an indolent individual
    Synonyms: preguiçoso, vadio, vagaba, vagabundo

#### Adjective

calão (feminine calona, masculine plural calões, feminine plural calonas)
* indolent; lazy

### Etymology 3

From cala (“rope for nets”) +‎ -ão.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
* Hyphenation: ca‧lão

#### Noun

calão m (plural calões)
* a type of long boat used in the Algarve for fishing tuna
* carrying pole
    Synonym: canga
* a type of fishing net, with floaters in three corners and a sinker in the fourth corner

### Etymology 4

From cale (“gutter”) +‎ -ão.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
* Hyphenation: ca‧lão

#### Noun

calão m (plural calões)
* a tile used to cover the bottom of ditches, to prevent water from being absorbed into the ground

### Etymology 5

From kalam in a Dravidian language.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
* Hyphenation: ca‧lão

#### Noun

calão m (plural calões)
* a type of large container for liquids

### Etymology 6

From calo (“callus”) +‎ -ão.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈlɐ̃w̃/ [kaˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈlɐ̃w̃/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
* Hyphenation: ca‧lão

#### Noun

calão m (plural calões)
* Augmentative of calo

### Etymology 7
#### Verb

calão
* Obsolete form of calam.