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calcanhar.

heel (part of the foot)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲaʁ/Brazil[kaʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈj̃ah]Brazil/kaw.kɐ̃ˈɲaɾ/São-Paulo[kaʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈj̃aɾ]São-Paulo
  1. heel (part of the foot)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From the now uncommon and mostly slang term calcanho (“foot; heel”), itself from Latin calcāneum (“heel”) (whence also the learned borrowing calcâneo), from Latin calx; less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Appears as calcannar in Old Galician-Portuguese. Compare Spanish calcañar.

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