calle

See also: callé and Calle

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cai, caye

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

1. street

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish calle, from Latin callis, callem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʎe/, [ˈka.ʎe]

Noun

calle

1. street

Italian

Etymology

From Latin callem (“path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkal.le/
• Rhymes: -alle
• Hyphenation: càl‧le

Noun

calle f (plural calli)

1. (archaic) (narrow) path

   Synonyms: sentiero, stradina

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto X”, in Inferno, lines 1–3:

     Or sen va per un secreto calle, ¶ tra ’l muro de la terra e li martìri, ¶ lo mio maestro, e io dopo le spalle.

     Now onward goes, along a narrow path between the torments and the city wall, ⁠my Master, and I follow at his back.

2. (archaic) route, way, road

   Synonyms: cammino, tragitto

   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 16–18:

     […] guardai in alto e vidi le sue spalle ¶ vestite già de’ raggi del pianeta ¶ che mena dritto altrui per ogne calle.

     Upward I looked, and I beheld its shoulders, vested already with that planet's rays which leadeth others right by every road.

3. (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)

Anagrams

• -cella, cella

Latin

Verb

callē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of calleō

References

• “calle”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈkaʎe/ [ˈka.ʎe]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkaʃe/ [ˈka.ʃe]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkaʒe/ [ˈka.ʒe]

 

• Rhymes: -aʝe

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝe
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎe
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃe
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒe

• Syllabification: ca‧lle

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin callem.

Alternative forms

• c/ (abbreviation)

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

1. street

   Synonyms: calzada, pista

2. lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)

   Synonym: carril

Hyponyms

• (street): alameda, avenida, bulevar, callejón, camino, carretera, senda, sendero, travesía

Derived terms

• a la puta calle
• a pie de calle
• azotacalles
• bocacalle
• calle de boxes
• calle de garajes
• calle de la amargura
• calle de rodaje
• calle sin salida
• callecita
• calleja
• callejero
• callejón
• callejuela
• correcalles
• echar a la calle
• echarse a la calle
• en situación de calle
• encallar
• entre las calles
• estar al cabo de la calle
• faltar calle
• hombre de la calle
• mujer de la calle
• poner de patitas en la calle
• poner en la calle

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: calle
• → Basque: kale
• → Baure: kaye
• → Hiligaynon: kalye
• → Tagalog: kalye

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calle

1. inflection of callar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “calle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• lleca

Tarantino

Adjective

calle

1. warm