calças

See also: calcas and calcás

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.sɐs/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐs]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.sɐʃ/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sɐʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.sas/ [ˈkaʊ̯.sas]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkal.sɐʃ/ [ˈkaɫ.sɐʃ]

  • Hyphenation: cal‧ças

Etymology 1
Calças cáqui (Khakis)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese calças, from Latin calceus (“shoe”).

Noun

calças f pl (plural only)

  1. (plural only) pants (garment covering the body from the waist downwards)
  2. plural of calça
Usage notes
  • The plural is preferred to the singular except when referring to a single pair of pants not being worn. Referring to a pair being worn, both the singular and plural are used colloquially.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Makalero: kalsa, kaalsa (“trousers”)

Verb

calças

  1. second-person singular present indicative of calçar
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