calçada

See also: calcada

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *(via) calciāta, from calx (“limestone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəlˈsa.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kalˈsa.ða]

Noun

calçada f (plural calçades)

1. carriageway, roadway (part of the road that carries traffic)
2. a mass of dark clouds indicating rain

   Quan el sol es pon en calçada, vent o pluja a la matinada.

   When the sun sets in a stormcloud, wind or rain at dawn.

Further reading

• “calçada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• calzada

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (“paved road”), feminine of calciātus (“paved with limestone”), ultimately from Latin calx (“pebble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈt͡sa.da/

Noun

calçada m (plural calçadas)

1. road, path, trail
   • c. 1235, Cantar de mío Cid‎^[1]:

     Passó por Alcobiella, que de Castiella fin es ya; la calçada de Quinea ívala traspassar (...)

     He passed through Alcobiella which is already the end of Castile, the Quinea road he was going to cross (...)

   • c. 1240, Los Fueros de Cáceres‎^[2], page 1:

     (...) e a moion cubierto pora o passa la calzada en ayuela. (...)

     and a covered sign where the roadway passes through Ayuela

Descendants

• Spanish: calzada

Portuguese

calçada (1)

calçada portuguesa (2)

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin calcō (“trample”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈsa.dɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈsa.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈsa.dɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈsa.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈsa.da/ [kaʊ̯ˈsa.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈsa.dɐ/ [kaɫˈsa.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ça‧da

Adjective

calçada

1. feminine singular of calçado

Noun

calçada f (plural calçadas)

1. (Brazil) sidewalk, pavement (paved footpath at the side of a road)

   Synonym: passeio

2. a cobbled street for pedestrian usage

Related terms

• calçar
• caminho
• estrada
• rua

 

Participle

calçada f sg

1. feminine singular of calçado