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)

  1. (archaic) to chase; to give chase to; to dog

Conjugation

References

  1. encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Further reading

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