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): /enkalˈθaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kal̟ˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /enkalˈsaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kalˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- 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
Conjugation of encalzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
References
- ^ “encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Further reading
- “encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024