Etymology

calavera

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Mexican Spanish calavera
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  1. Mexican Spanish · borrowed fromcalavera
  2. English todaycalavera

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish calavera (literally “skull”). Doublet of calvaria and calvary.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.