chavalo
Portuguese, noun/ʃaˈva.lu/
chavalo is spelled C-H-A-V-A-L-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 78,593rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chavalo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “child, youngster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chavalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalinformalmasculinechild, youngster
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chavalo
- chavalos plural
- chavala feminine
- chavalas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chavalo?
- Brazil /ʃaˈva.lu/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈva.lu/
- Portugal /t͡ʃɐˈba.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chavalo in Portuguese?
chavalo appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).