calvo

See also: Calvo

Asturian

Adjective

calvo

1. neuter of calvu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese calvo, from Latin calvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalβo̝/

Adjective

calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)

1. bald (having no hair)

   Synonym: pelado

2. bald (having no trees or vegetation)

   Synonym: pelado

3. backward horned

   Synonym: calvelo

Derived terms

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

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “calvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calvo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vo/
• Rhymes: -alvo
• Hyphenation: càl‧vo

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Adjective

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

1. bald

Noun

calvo m (plural calvi, feminine calva)

1. bald man

Derived terms

• calvare

Related terms

• calvizie

Anagrams

• valco, valcò

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkaɫ.woː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkal.vo]

Adjective

calvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of calvus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin calvus, in turn from 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^(key): /ˈkaw.vu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.vu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.vo/ [ˈkaʊ̯.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vu/ [ˈkaɫ.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.vu/ [ˈkaɫ.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.bu/ [ˈkaɫ.βu]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -awvu, (Portugal) -alvu
• Homophone: Calvo
• Hyphenation: cal‧vo

Adjective

calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)

1. bald (having no hair)

   Synonym: careca

2. (Brazil) balding

Further reading

• “calvo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “calvo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology 2

Verb

calvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of calvar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-der.

Proto-Italic *kalVwos

Latin calvus

Old Spanish calvo

Spanish calvo

Inherited from Old Spanish calvo, from Latin calvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalbo/ [ˈkal.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -albo
• Syllabification: cal‧vo

Adjective

calvo (feminine calva, masculine plural calvos, feminine plural calvas)

1. bald (lacking hair)

   quedarse calvo ― to go bald

2. bare (lacking vegetation)

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: kalbo
• → Tagalog: kalbo

Noun

calvo m (plural calvos, feminine calva, feminine plural calvas)

1. 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025