calcañar

Galician

Etymology

13th century. From calcaño +‎ -ar. Alternatively form Vulgar Latin *calcaneare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kalˈkaɲaɾ/

Noun

calcañar m (plural calcañares)

  1. (anatomy) heel
    Synonyms: calcaño, talón
  2. heel cap or heel counter of a boot
    Synonym: talón

References
  • “calcañar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “calcañar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “calcañar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “calcañar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “calcañar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From the archaic or dialectal calcaño, itself from Latin calcāneum, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Compare Portuguese calcanhar. Cf. also the learned borrowing calcáneo.

    Noun

    calcañar m (plural calcañares)

    1. calcaneus (posterior part of a foot)

    Synonyms
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