calhar
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ca‧lhar
Verb[edit]
calhar (first-person singular present calho, first-person singular preterite calhei, past participle calhado)
- to fit into
- Synonym: caber
- (intransitive) to occur; to happen
- Synonym: acontecer
- 1901, Eça de Queirós, “VIII”, in A Cidade e as Serras:
- Está tudo arranjado, meu senhor! Vêm aí os bichos!... Só o que não calhou foi um selinzinho para a jumenta! (...)
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive with a) to fall (to occur on a certain date)
- O dia de natal calha a um domingo.
- Christmas day falls on a Sunday.
- (transitive with com or a) to agree with; to match
- Essa camisa não calha com o teu estilo.
- This shirt does not match your style.
- (transitive with para) to be appropriate; to be convenient
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of calhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.