calcañar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calcannar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from calcaño +‎ -ar. Alternatively from Vulgar Latin *calcaneare. Cognate with Portuguese calcanhar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalkaˈɲaɾ/ [kɑɫ.kɑˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: cal‧ca‧ñar

Noun

calcañar m (plural calcañares)

  1. (anatomy) heel
    • 1435, A. López Carreira, Fragmentos de notarios, doc. E2-8:
      ... que aderençaran ao dito Goterre Afonso et que o dito Fernando de Mourelos que sacara a espada da beyna contra o dito Goterre Afonso por lo matar, et seus conpaneiros como lo viran sacar que o ajudaran contra o dito Goterre Afonso, do qual lle logo deran huna grande ferida en huna perna esqerda, en que o feriran debayxo do gionllo ata o qualquanar
      ... they approached said Goterre Afonso and that the mentioned Fernando de Mourelos extracted the sword from its scabbard against said Goterre Afonso, for killing him; and his companions, as they saw this, helped him against said Goterre Afonso, and consequently he gave him a large wound in the left leg, in which he injured him from under the knee till the heel
    Synonyms: calcaño, talón
  2. heel cap or heel counter of a boot
    Synonym: talón

References

Spanish

Etymology

From the archaic or dialectal calcaño, itself from Latin calcāneum, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Compare Portuguese calcanhar. Cf. also the learned borrowing calcáneo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalkaˈɲaɾ/ [kal.kaˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cal‧ca‧ñar

Noun

calcañar m (plural calcañares)

  1. calcaneus (posterior part of a foot)
    Synonym: calcañal

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