Street
calcos
What does calcos mean?
Shoes — specifically the sharp dress shoes that finished off a zoot suit. By extension, any pair of shoes in old-school Chicano talk.
"Check out the calcos on that vato, polished to the moon."
Origin
Pachuco Caló of the 1940s zoot-suit era — Mexican-American street slang for shoes, especially the polished dress shoes worn with a tacuche. Survives in lowrider and old-school Chicano vocabulary.
Frequently asked questions
What does "calcos" mean?
Calcos is Pachuco Caló slang for shoes — especially shined-up dress shoes.
How do you use "calcos" in a sentence?
"He rolled up in his sharpest calcos, shined to a mirror."
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