calças

See also: calcas and calcás

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sɐs/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐs]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sɐs/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐs]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sɐʃ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.sas/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sas]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.sɐʃ/ [ˈkaɫ.sɐʃ]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ças

Etymology 1

Calças cáqui (Khakis)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calças, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Noun

calças f pl (plural only)

1. (plural only) pants (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)
2. plural of calça

Usage notes

• The plural is preferred to the singular except when referring to a single pair of pants not being worn. Referring to a pair being worn, both the singular and plural are used colloquially.

Derived terms

• calçazonas (augmentative)
• calção
• calcinha

Related terms

• calção
• calçar

Descendants

• → Makalero: kalsa, kaalsa (“trousers”)

Etymology 2

Verb

calças

1. second-person singular present indicative of calçar