calle

See also: callé and Calle

Asturian

Alternative forms

• cai, caye

Etymology

From Latin callis, callem.

Noun

calle f (plural calles)

1. street

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin callem, accusative singular of callis (“path”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

calle f (plural calli)

1. (archaic):
   1. (narrow) path

      Synonyms: sentiero, stradina

      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto X, lines 1–3, page 150:

        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. route, way, road

      Synonyms: cammino, tragitto

      • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto I, lines 16–18, page 7:

        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.

2. (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)

Anagrams

• -cella, cella

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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

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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]

Etymology 1

From Latin callis, 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
• azotacalles
• bocacalle
• callecita
• calle de boxes
• calle de garajes
• calle de rodaje
• calleja
• callejero
• callejón
• callejuela
• calle sin salida
• correcalles
• echar a la calle
• encallar
• en situación de calle
• poner de patitas en la calle

 

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See callar

Verb

calle

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of callar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of callar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of callar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of callar.

Further reading

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

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Tarantino

Adjective

calle

1. warm