calão
Calão is a term used in Portuguese linguistics to describe a register of informal language that includes slang, vulgar expressions, and profanity. It refers to words and phrases that lie outside standard formal speech and are commonly used in everyday talk by particular social groups, urban communities, or subcultures. Calão serves to express solidarity, humor, hostility, or casualness, and its presence in discourse can signal group identity, social stance, or situational context.
The scope of calão overlaps with, but is not identical to, gíria (slang). In many contexts calão
Regional differences are notable. In Portugal and Brazil alike, calão is associated with speech that is less