calote

Unknown. Perhaps from French calotte.

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈlɔtɪ]

calote m (plural calotes)

1. scam (fraudulent deal)

   Synonym: pufo

2. trickery, ruse

   Synonyms: engano, trampa

• caloteiro

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calote”, 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), “calote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧te

Borrowed from French culotte.^[1][2]

calote m (plural calotes)

1. scam (fraudulent deal)

   Synonyms: burla, (Brazil) golpe

• caloteiro

Borrowed from French calotte.^[1][2]

calote f (plural calotes)

1. Alternative form of calota

• IPA^(key): [kaˈlote]

calote f

1. inflection of calotă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular