encalzar
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enkalˈθaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kal̟ˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enkalˈsaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kalˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧cal‧zar
Verb edit
encalzar (first-person singular present encalzo, first-person singular preterite encalcé, past participle encalzado)
- (archaic) to chase; to give chase to; to dog
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of encalzar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
References edit
- ^ “encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading edit
- “encalzar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014