calé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cale"

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Caló calé, plural of caló, from Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “dark, black”). The term originally referred to "dark" copper coins in contrast to "light" silver coins, which were called parné, from parnó (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈle]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈle]

Noun

calé m (plural calés)

1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) money, cash

   Synonym: diner

   • 2020 February 27, Erica Aspas, “Compartir és estimar”, in Time Out Barcelona‎^[1], volume 586, page 22:

     Abans de comprar l'estri que teniu a les mans, penseu: realment em fa falta? Us deixareu els calés en una cosa que potser només feu servir un dia o uns minuts?

     Before buying the tool that you have in your hands, think: do I really need it? Will you let your money go something that you might only use for one day or a few minutes?

Further reading

• “calé” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “calé”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “calé” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calé” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.le/

• Audio:

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Adjective

calé (feminine calée, masculine plural calés, feminine plural calées)

1. (colloquial) knowledgeable

Participle

calé (feminine calée, masculine plural calés, feminine plural calées)

1. past participle of caler

Further reading

• “calé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cela
• lace, lacé

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈle/ [kaˈle]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ca‧lé

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Caló calé (“black”). See caló.

Adjective

calé m or f (masculine and feminine plural calés)

1. gypsy

   Synonym: gitano

   Antonyms: payo, gaché

Noun

calé m (plural calés)

1. gypsy

   Synonym: gitano

2. (historical) a Spanish copper coin, worth four maravedis

Etymology 2

Verb

calé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of calar

Further reading

• “calé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28