encalzar
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *incalciāre, *incalceāre,[1] from Latin calcem (“heel”). Compare English hot on someone's heels. Cognate with Catalan and Portuguese encalçar, Italian incalzare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enkalˈθaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kal̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enkalˈsaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kalˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧cal‧zar
Verb
encalzar (first-person singular present encalzo, first-person singular preterite encalcé, past participle encalzado)
- (archaic) to chase; to give chase to; to dog
Conjugation
References
- “encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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