xava

See also: Xava

Catalan

Etymology

Clipping of xaval.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʃa.βə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʃa.və]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈt͡ʃa.va]

Noun

xava m (uncountable)

Hispanicized Catalan spoken in parts of Barcelona
- 1993, Quim Monzó, “Pigmalió”, in El perquè de tot plegat, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, →ISBN, page 39:
  Contràriament a la pel·lícula, la noia ni és ignorant ni parla xava.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

xava m or f by sense (plural xaves)

(colloquial) Synonym of xaval

Further reading

“xava” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“xava”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“xava” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
parlar xava on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

Tsonga

Verb

xava

to buy

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