calzada

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Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *calciāta (paved road), probably from calx (limestone).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈθada/,
  • Hyphenation: cal‧za‧da

Noun

calzada f (plural calzaes)

  1. paved road, way

Galician

Calzada romana, via XVIII (Roman paved road XVIII, Nova, near Aquis Originis, Galicia)
Calzada do Carme de Abaixo street, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese calçada (independently attested in both corpora), from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (paved road), probably from calx (limestone).[1] Cognate with Portuguese calçada and Spanish calzada.

Pronunciation

Noun

calzada f (plural calzadas)

  1. paved road, way
    • 1318, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 146:
      estando ena villa de padrom ena calçada noua que chaman do juyz
      being at the town of Padrón, on the new paved street they call of the judge
  2. paved sideway

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

calzada

  1. feminine singular of calzado

Participle

calzada

  1. feminine singular of calzado

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “cal”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kalˈθada/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kalˈsada/
  • Rhymes: -ada
  • Syllabification: cal‧za‧da

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish calçada, itself from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (paved road), feminine of calciātus (paved with limestone), ultimately from Latin calx (pebble).

Noun

calzada f (plural calzadas)

  1. road
    Synonym: camino
  2. path, trail
    Synonyms: sendero, rastro, pista
  3. lane
    Synonym: carril
  4. walkway
    Synonym: pasarela
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Cebuano: karsada, kalsada
  • Hiligaynon: kalsada
  • Tagalog: kalsada

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

calzada

  1. feminine singular of calzado

Participle

calzada f sg

  1. feminine singular of calzado

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