calcanhar

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Portuguese

calcanhar

Etymology

From the now uncommon and mostly slang term calcanho (“foot; heel”), itself from Latin calcāneum (“heel”) (whence also the learned borrowing calcâneo), from Latin calx; less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Appears as calcannar in Old Galician-Portuguese. Compare Spanish calcañar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kɐˈɲa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.kɐˈɲaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.kɐˈɲa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: cal‧ca‧nhar

Noun

calcanhar m (plural calcanhares)

(anatomy) heel (part of the foot)

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