# calle
## Asturian
### Noun

calle f (plural calles)
* Alternative form of cai

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish calle, from Latin callis, callem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkaʎe/, [ˈka.ʎe]
* Rhymes: -aʎe
* Hyphenation: ca‧lle

### Noun

calle (plural calles)
* street

## Galician
### Verb

calle
* inflection of callar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin callem (“path”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkal.le/
* Rhymes: -alle
* Hyphenation: càl‧le

### Noun

calle f (plural calli)
* (archaic) (narrow) path
    Synonyms: sentiero, stradina
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994: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.
* (archaic) route, way, road
    Synonyms: cammino, tragitto
** 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 16–18; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:[…] 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.
* (Venice) alley (especially in Venice)

### Anagrams

* -cella, cella

## Latin
### Verb

callē
* 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: /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈkaʝe/ [ˈka.ʝe]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈkaʎe/ [ˈka.ʎe]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkaʃe/ [ˈka.ʃe]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkaʒe/ [ˈka.ʒe]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʝe
* Rhymes: -aʝe
* Rhymes: -aʎe
* Rhymes: -aʃe
* Rhymes: -aʒe
* Syllabification: ca‧lle
* Homophone: Calle

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish cal, calle, from Latin callem. For the retention/analogical restoration of final /e/ after /ʎ/, compare valle and conversely piel.

#### Alternative forms

* c/ (abbreviation)

#### Noun

calle f (plural calles)
* street
    Synonyms: calzada, pista
* 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
* aplanar calles
* 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
* inflection of callar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “calle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* lleca

## Tarantino
### Adjective

calle
* warm