chaval

Definitions of chaval
  1. noun
    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
    synonyms: hijito, hijo, zagal
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    type of:
    chiquillo, crío, joven, muchacho, niño, pequeño
    a youthful male person
  2. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: alevín, chico, chiquillo, crío, menor, niño
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    hijo adoptivo
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    bribón, diablillo, granuja, pillete, pillo, pilluelo, pícaro, tuno
    one who is playfully mischievous
    doctrino, guacho, huérfano
    a child who has lost both parents
    bobo, tonto
    a word used for misbehaving children
    chiquitín
    a young child
    arrapiezo, criajo, galopín, garulla, golfillo, golfo, mataperros, patojo, pingucho
    poor and often mischievous city child
    abandonado
    a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
    descamisado, guiñapo
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
    bicho, braguillas, churumbel, mocoso, niñato
    a very troublesome child
    type of:
    joven
    a young person, not fully developed
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