chavalo
Spanish, noun/t͡ʃaˈbalo/
chavalo is spelled C-H-A-V-A-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chavalo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “boy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Joven”.
What does chavalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineboy
- 2
masculineyoung man
- 3
masculinelad
- 4
informalmasculineyoung kid, teenager, young adult
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Joven.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chavalo
- chavalos plural
- chavala feminine
- chavalas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chavalo?
- /t͡ʃaˈbalo/
- [t͡ʃaˈβ̞a.lo]
- [t͡ʃaˈβ̞alo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chavalo in Spanish?
chavalo appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).