calçada

Inherited from Latin *(via) calciāta, from calx (“limestone”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəlˈsa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kalˈsa.ða]

calçada f (plural calçades)

1. carriageway, roadway (part of the road that carries traffic)
2. 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.

• “calçada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• calzada

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (“paved road”), feminine of calciātus (“paved with limestone”), ultimately from Latin calx (“pebble”).

• IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡sa.da/

calçada m (plural calçadas)

1. road, path, trail
   • c. 1235, Cantar de mío Cid‎:

     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, page 1:

     (...) e a moion cubierto pora o passa la calzada en ayuela. (...)

     and a covered sign where the roadway passes through Ayuela

• Spanish: calzada

Ultimately from Latin calcō (“trample”).

• Hyphenation: cal‧ça‧da

calçada

1. feminine singular of calçado

calçada f (plural calçadas)

1. (Brazil) sidewalk, pavement (paved footpath at the side of a road)

   Synonym: passeio

2. a cobbled street for pedestrian usage

calçada f sg

1. feminine singular of calçado