chavo
Meanings
Noun
1. boy, kid (Mexico)
2. guy (usually in his 20's) (Mexico, slang)
3. romantic partner (Nicaragua, Honduras, Mexico)
4. ochavo (former currency of Spain made of copper) (colloquial)
5. centavo (subunit of the Cuban peso) (colloquial, Cuba)
6. centavo (subunit of the Puerto Rican dollar) (colloquial, Puerto Rico)
7. cent (subunit of the US dollar) (colloquial, Puerto Rico)
8. penny, cash, dough (colloquial, Puerto Rico)
9. penny (small-denomination coin) (colloquial, Canary Islands)
Examples6
El Chavo del Ocho
The Kid or The Boy from number Eight
No tengo un chavo.
I do not have any money.
Él se casó con una chava de su propia elección.
He married a girl of his own choice.
No me gasté ni un chavo.
I didn't spend a penny.
Conozco a un chavo que tiene dos remolinos en el cabello. ¡Dos!
I know a kid with two cowlicks in his hair. Two!
Jack es el chavo más inteligente de la clase.
Jack is the most intelligent boy in the class.