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calcar.

to trample, to crush

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/kawˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[kaʊ̯ˈka(h)]Brazil/kawˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo[kaʊ̯ˈka(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to trample, to crush

  2. to press (grapes, etc.)

  3. to humiliate, to subjugate

    figuratively
  4. to base a work on (a previous one)

    transitive
  5. to copy a work

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calcāre Portuguese calcar Inherited from Latin calcāre.

noun/kawˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[kaʊ̯ˈka(h)]Brazil/kawˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo[kaʊ̯ˈka(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. spur

    masculine
  2. in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike

    masculine
  3. in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin calx Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin calcāre Portuguese calcar Inherited from Latin calcāre.

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