Words similar to caló
Example sentences for: caló
How can you use “caló” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Today, however, many words from caló are fully integrated into the standard -vocabulary of Chicano Spanish, and writers incorporate it into poetry, short stories, and novels.
Caló was originally the language of the Spanish gypsies, or a dialect of Spanish showing traces of many languages acquired by the gypsies throughout their world wanderings.
“La Vida de un Bato Loco,” written by an informant of Linda Katz and reproduced in her work, provides a good example of the literary uses of caló.
Caló became the dialect of the underworld of Mexico City and migrated into the Southwest, as some believe, through the city of El Paso.
Katz includes a glossary of the caló words used in the story.