chaval

See also: čhaval

Romansch

Alternative forms
  • cavagl (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
  • tgavagl (Sutsilvan)
  • tgaval (Surmiran)
  • chavagl (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.

Noun

chaval m (plural chavals) (Rumantsch Grischun)

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

See also
Chess pieces in Romansch · figuras da schah (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
retg dama tur currider chaval pur

Spanish

Etymology

From Caló chavó, from Romani ćhavo. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva, “baby animal”), from Sanskrit *छाप (chāpa). Cognate with Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”) and Marathi छावा (chāvā, “cub”). Related to Portuguese chavalo and English chav and regional German Chabo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈbal/ [t͡ʃaˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: cha‧val

Noun

chaval m (plural chavales, feminine chavala, feminine plural chavalas)

  1. (chiefly Spain) kid, boy
    Synonyms: (Mexico) chamaco, (Mexico) chavo, chico, niño, muchacho
  2. young man, lad, youngster
    Synonym: (Mexico) chavo
  3. (Spain, informal) buddy, guy
    • 2020, “El Parque de las Balas”, performed by Carolina Durante:
      En el parque de las balas / Tardes y noches, fines de semanas / Con los chavales y con las chavalas
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “chaval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  • Lucía Petisco; Benjamín Cabaleiro; Gonzalo Montaño; Ana Segovia (2019), “Romani Lessons”, in Joaquín López Bustamante, editor, Fundación Secretariado Gitano‎ (in English), Madrid, retrieved August 27, 2021
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