# calzar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* calçar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese calçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin calceāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɑlˈθaɾ], (western) [kɑlˈsaɾ]

### Verb

calzar (first-person singular present calzo, first-person singular preterite calcei, past participle calzado)
* to wear or put on shoes
** c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 667:calçaronllj hũas calças daquel meesmo panothey put on him some breeches of the same cloth
* to wedge, chock

#### Derived terms

* calceta
* calcetín
* calza
* calzada
* calzado
* calzador
* calzón
* descalzar
* descalzo
* encalzadura

#### Related terms

* alcanzar
* couce
* couceiro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calçar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calzar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calzar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calzar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* “calzar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin calceāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /kalˈθaɾ/ [kal̟ˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /kalˈsaɾ/ [kalˈsaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cal‧zar

### Verb

calzar (first-person singular present calzo, first-person singular preterite calcé, past participle calzado)
* to wear or put on shoes
* to be or have (a shoe size)
    ¿Cuánto calzas?What's your shoe size?
    Yo calzo 44. ― I wear size 44.
* to wedge, to chock
* (reflexive) (reflextive) to wear, to slip into
** 2017 January, “Piornal, el pueblo que echa a los ladrones lanzándoles nabos”, in Frontera.info‎:Su misión es calzarse una armadura de 40 kilos cubierta de cintas de colores y una máscara de aspecto demoníaco parar recorrer las calles con un tamboril y soportar la lluvia de nabos de gran calibre.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (reflexive) (slang) to have sex with

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Antonyms

* descalzar

#### Related terms

* calceta f
* calcetín m
* calza f
* calzado m
* calzador m
* calzo m
* calzón m
* calzoncillo m

### Further reading

* “calzar”, 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