noun, masculine/t͡ʃaˈbal/plural: chavales
kid, boy; young man, lad, youngster; buddy, guy
“En el parque de las balas / Tardes y noches, fines de semanas / Con los chavales y con las chavalas”
Synonyms: chamaco, chavo, chico, niño, muchacho
From Caló chavó, from Romani ćhavo. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀸𑀯 (chāva, “baby animal”), from Sanskrit *छाप (*chāpa). Cognate with Pali chāpa (“the young of an animal”) and Marathi छावा (chāvā, “cub”). Related to Portuguese chavalo and English chav and regional German Chabo.