caloso
Portuguese, adjective/kaˈlo.zu/
caloso is a Portuguese adjective meaning “callous (having calli)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem calo(s); calejado”.
What does caloso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
callous (having calli)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem calo(s); calejado 2. que tem textura áspera com pequenas calosidades
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caloso
- calosa feminine
- calosos masculine plural
- calosas feminine plural
- metaphonic comparable
- calloso alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caloso?
- Brazil /kaˈlo.zu/
- Portugal /kɐˈlo.zu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caloso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caloso in Portuguese?
caloso appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).