calçada
See also: calcada
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *(via) calciāta, from calx (“limestone”).
Pronunciation
Noun
calçada f (plural calçades)
- carriageway, roadway (part of the road that carries traffic)
- a mass of dark clouds indicating rain
- Quan el sol es pon en calçada, vent o pluja a la matinada.
- When the sun sets in a stormcloud, wind or rain at dawn.
Further reading
- “calçada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (“paved road”), feminine of calciātus (“paved with limestone”), ultimately from Latin calx (“pebble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈt͡sa.da/
Noun
calçada m (plural calçadas)
- road, path, trail
- c. 1235, Cantar de mío Cid[1]:
- Passó por Alcobiella, que de Castiella fin es ya; la calçada de Quinea ívala traspassar (...)
- He passed through Alcobiella which is already the end of Castile, the Quinea road he was going to cross (...)
- c. 1240, Los Fueros de Cáceres[2], page 1:
- (...) e a moion cubierto pora o passa la calzada en ayuela. (...)
- and a covered sign where the roadway passes through Ayuela
Descendants
- Spanish: calzada
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin calciāta (“paved road”), feminine of calciātus (“paved with limestone”), from Latin calcō (“trample”), from Latin calx (“limestone”). Cognate with Galician and Spanish calzada and French chaussée.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈsa.dɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈsa.dɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈsa.da/ [kaʊ̯ˈsa.da]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kalˈsa.dɐ/ [kaɫˈsa.ðɐ]
- Hyphenation: cal‧ça‧da
Adjective
calçada
- feminine singular of calçado
Noun
calçada f (plural calçadas)
- a cobbled street for pedestrian usage
- (Brazil) sidewalk, pavement (paved footpath at the side of a road)
- Synonym: passeio
Related terms
Participle
calçada f sg
- feminine singular of calçado