calote

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Galician

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Etymology

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Unknown. Perhaps from French calotte.

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Noun

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calote m (plural calotes)

  1. scam (fraudulent deal)
    Synonym: pufo
  2. trickery, ruse
    Synonyms: engano, trampa

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧te

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French culotte.[1][2]

Noun

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calote m (plural calotes)

  1. scam (fraudulent deal)
    Synonyms: burla, (Brazil) golpe
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French calotte.[1][2]

Noun

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calote f (plural calotes)

  1. Alternative form of calota

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 calote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. 2.0 2.1 calote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Romanian

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Noun

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calote f

  1. inflection of calotă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular