Noun: calza
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | calza |
| Plural f | calzas |
Sample Sentences
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calçaronllj hũas calças daquel meesmo pano (they put on him some hoses of the same cloth) [c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 667:]
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1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76 (Item, that they sell the shoes in this manner: the usual laced shoes for over the sock, thirteen whites and a crown each one, and the men's shoes for peons of workers, thirteen whites and a crown)
Nouns inflected like calza
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese calça (13th century), from Early Medieval Latin calcea, from Latin calceus (“shoe”). See: Latin Nouns '
calceus'.
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