calhar

Portuguese

FWOTD – 13 April 2021

From calha +‎ -ar.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [kaˈʎa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈʎa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈʎa(ʁ)/ [kaˈʎa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈʎa(ɻ)/

calhar (first-person singular present calho, first-person singular preterite calhei, past participle calhado)

to fit into
Synonym: caber
(intransitive) to occur; to happen
Synonym: acontecer
- 1901, Eça de Queirós, “VIII”, in A Cidade e as Serras:
  Está tudo arranjado, meu senhor! Vêm aí os bichos!... Só o que não calhou foi um selinzinho para a jumenta! (...)
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive with a) to fall (to occur on a certain date)
O dia de natal calha a um domingo.
Christmas day falls on a Sunday.
(transitive with com or a) to agree with; to match
Essa camisa não calha com o teu estilo.
This shirt does not match your style.
(transitive with para) to be appropriate; to be convenient

Conjugation of calhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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