# calvo
## Asturian
### Adjective

calvo
* neuter of calvu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* calva
* Calvela
* calvelo
* Calvelo
* Calvelos
* Calviño
* Calvo
* Calvos
* Monte Calvo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caluo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkal.vo/
* Rhymes: -alvo
* Hyphenation: càl‧vo
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvi, feminine plural calve)
* bald

### Noun

calvo m (plural calvi, feminine calva)
* bald man

#### Related terms

* calvizie

### Anagrams

* valco, valcò

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkal.u̯oː/, [ˈkäɫ̪u̯oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkal.vo/, [ˈkälvo]

### Adjective

calvō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of calvus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin calvus, in turn form 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaw.vu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaw.vu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkaw.vo/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkal.vu/ [ˈkaɫ.vu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkal.vu/ [ˈkaɫ.vu]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkal.bu/ [ˈkaɫ.βu]
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -alvu, (Brazil) -awvu
* Hyphenation: cal‧vo

### Adjective

calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)
* (Brazil) balding
* bald (having no hair)
    Synonym: careca

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin calvus, from Proto-Indo-European *klh₂wós, *kl̥H- (“naked, bald”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkalbo/ [ˈkal.β̞o]
* Rhymes: -albo
* Syllabification: cal‧vo

### Adjective

calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)
* bald
    Se quedó calvoHe turned bald.
* bare (lacking vegetation)

#### Derived terms

* la ocasión, la pintan calva
* ni tanto ni tan calvo
* pato calvo

#### Descendants

* Tagalog: kalbo

### Noun

calvo m (plural calvos, feminine calva, feminine plural calvas)
* a bald person

#### Derived terms

* hacer un calvo

#### Related terms

* calvicie

### 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10