callo

See also: calló and callo-

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡saˈɫɔ/

Verb

calló

1. second-person singular present imperative of calloj

Catalan

Verb

callo

1. first-person singular present indicative of callar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese *coallo, from Vulgar Latin, from Latin coagulum following syncopation. Doublet of the borrowing coágulo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʎo̝/

Noun

callo m (plural callos)

1. rennet

   Synonyms: calleira, presoiro

2. (anatomy) abomasum (fourth stomach compartment of a ruminant)

Related terms

• coágulo
• callar

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “callo”, 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), “callo”, 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), “callo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “callo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

callo

1. first-person singular present indicative of callar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: càl‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin callum (“callus, induration”).

Noun

callo m (plural calli)

1. callus
2. corn (on the feet)
3. blister (on the hands)

Derived terms

• callista

Related terms

• callifugo
• calloso

Etymology 2

Noun

callo m (plural calli)

1. (Romanesco) alternative form of caldo

Further reading

• callo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Colla, alcol, colla

Latin

Noun

callō

1. dative/ablative singular of callum

Portuguese

Noun

callo m (plural callos)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of calo
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 58:

     Effectivamente os sapatos apertavam-lhe os dedos, faziam-lhe callos.

     Effectively the shoes squeezed his fingers, made calluses.

Verb

callo

1. obsolete spelling of calo

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʝo/ [ˈka.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʝo/ [ˈka.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʎo/ [ˈka.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʃo/ [ˈka.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʒo/ [ˈka.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: ca‧llo
• Homophone: (ll-y neutralization) cayo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin callum (“callus, induration”).

Noun

callo m (plural callos)

1. (skin) callus
2. (skin) corn (on the feet)
3. (Spain) tripe
4. (colloquial) an ugly person

   Synonyms: feo, callo malayo

Derived terms

• al callo
• callada
• callo de hacha
• dar el callo
• pisar el callo

Related terms

• callicida
• callosidad
• calloso

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kalyo

Etymology 2

Verb

callo

1. first-person singular present indicative of callar

Further reading

• “callo”, 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

Anagrams

• local