descalzo

See also: descalzó

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *discalceus, itself either from a shortening of discalceātus, from Late Latin discalceō, or from Latin dis- + calceus. Cognate with Galician descalzo, Portuguese descalço, Catalan descalç, Occitan descauç, French déchaux, Italian scalzo and Romanian desculț.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /desˈkalθo/ [d̪esˈkal̟.θo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desˈkalso/ [d̪esˈkal.so]
(Spain) Rhymes: -alθo
(Latin America) Rhymes: -also
Syllabification: des‧cal‧zo

Adjective

descalzo (feminine descalza, masculine plural descalzos, feminine plural descalzas)

barefoot

Related terms

descalzar

Verb

descalzo

first-person singular present indicative of descalzar

Further reading

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

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