calco

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See also: calcó, calcò, calço, calco-, and -calco

Asturian

Verb

calco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of calcar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille followed by Latin qui.

Adjective

calco

  1. some, any

Galician

Verb

calco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of calcar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkal.ko/
  • Rhymes: -alko
  • Hyphenation: càl‧co

Etymology 1

From calcare. In the sense “loan translation”, however, probably a semantic loan from French calque.

Noun

calco m (plural calchi)

  1. cast (of sculpture)
  2. tracing (of a design)
  3. literal loan translation, calque (calco semantico), loanword
  4. mold

Etymology 2

See calcare.

Verb

calco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of calcare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From calx (“heel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

calcō (present infinitive calcāre, perfect active calcāvī, supine calcātum); first conjugation

  1. to trample, tread on
  2. to walk upon, cross on foot
  3. (figuratively) to oppress
  4. (figuratively) to scorn, contemn, despise

Conjugation

   Conjugation of calcō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calcō calcās calcat calcāmus calcātis calcant
imperfect calcābam calcābās calcābat calcābāmus calcābātis calcābant
future calcābō calcābis calcābit calcābimus calcābitis calcābunt
perfect calcāvī calcāvistī calcāvit calcāvimus calcāvistis calcāvērunt,
calcāvēre
pluperfect calcāveram calcāverās calcāverat calcāverāmus calcāverātis calcāverant
future perfect calcāverō calcāveris calcāverit calcāverimus calcāveritis calcāverint
passive present calcor calcāris,
calcāre 		calcātur calcāmur calcāminī calcantur
imperfect calcābar calcābāris,
calcābāre 		calcābātur calcābāmur calcābāminī calcābantur
future calcābor calcāberis,
calcābere 		calcābitur calcābimur calcābiminī calcābuntur
perfect calcātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect calcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect calcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present calcem calcēs calcet calcēmus calcētis calcent
imperfect calcārem calcārēs calcāret calcārēmus calcārētis calcārent
perfect calcāverim calcāverīs calcāverit calcāverīmus calcāverītis calcāverint
pluperfect calcāvissem calcāvissēs calcāvisset calcāvissēmus calcāvissētis calcāvissent
passive present calcer calcēris,
calcēre 		calcētur calcēmur calcēminī calcentur
imperfect calcārer calcārēris,
calcārēre 		calcārētur calcārēmur calcārēminī calcārentur
perfect calcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect calcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — calcā — — calcāte —
future — calcātō calcātō — calcātōte calcantō
passive present — calcāre — — calcāminī —
future — calcātor calcātor — — calcantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives calcāre calcāvisse calcātūrum esse calcārī calcātum esse calcātum īrī
participles calcāns — calcātūrus — calcātus calcandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
calcandī calcandō calcandum calcandō calcātum calcātū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • “calco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -alku, (Brazil) -awku
  • Hyphenation: cal‧co

Verb

calco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of calcar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkalko/
  • Rhymes: -alko
  • Syllabification: cal‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from calcar. In the sense “calque”, however, probably a semantic loan from French calque.

Noun

calco m (plural calcos)

  1. the action of copying or reproducing something
  2. copy
  3. imitation, reproduction
    • 1986, Mariano Fernández Enguita, Michael W. Apple, Marxismo y sociología de la educación:
      Según ellos, los principales aspectos de la organización educativa serían un calco de las relaciones de dominación y subordinación existentes en la esfera económica
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021, Paula Arias, Un verano para siempre:
      Él, sin duda era un calco de su padre, y Natalie debió heredar la belleza de su madre
      Without doubt, he was a carbon copy of his father, and Natalie must have gotten her mother's beauty.
  4. (colloquial) shoe
  5. (linguistics) a calque
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of calcar

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