descalzo

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See also: descalzó

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *discalceus, itself either from a shortening of discalceātus, from Late Latin discalceō, or from Latin dis- + calceus. Cognate with Galician descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Catalan descalç, Occitan descauç, French déchaux, Italian scalzo and Romanian desculț.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desˈkalθo/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desˈkalso/
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  • Rhymes: -alθo
  • Rhymes: -also
  • Syllabification: des‧cal‧zo

Adjective

descalzo (feminine descalza, masculine plural descalzos, feminine plural descalzas)

  1. barefoot

Verb

descalzo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of descalzar

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