calco

== Asturian == === Verb === calco first-person singular present indicative of calcar == Dalmatian == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille followed by Latin qui. === Adjective === calco some, any == Galician == === Verb === calco first-person singular present indicative of calcar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkal.ko/ Rhymes: -alko Hyphenation: càl‧co === Etymology 1 === From calcare. In the sense “loan translation”, however, probably a semantic loan from French calque. ==== Noun ==== calco m (plural calchi) cast (of sculpture) tracing (of a design) literal loan translation, calque (calco semantico), loanword mold === Etymology 2 === See calcare. ==== Verb ==== calco first-person singular present indicative of calcare === Anagrams === lacco, laccò == Latin == === Etymology === From calx (“heel”) + -ō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaɫ.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkal.ko] === Verb === calcō (present infinitive calcāre, perfect active calcāvī, supine calcātum); first conjugation to trample, tread on to walk upon, cross on foot (figuratively) to oppress (figuratively) to scorn, contemn, despise ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== calceus calcitrō calx ==== Descendants ==== === See also === calceō === References === “calco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “calco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “calco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -alku, (Brazil) -awku Hyphenation: cal‧co === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== calco first-person singular present indicative of calcar === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== calco m (plural calcos) alternative form of calque === Further reading === “calco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “calco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkalko/ [ˈkal.ko] Rhymes: -alko Syllabification: cal‧co === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from calcar. In the sense “calque”, however, probably a semantic loan from French calque. ==== Noun ==== calco m (plural calcos) the action of copying or reproducing something copy imitation, reproduction (colloquial) shoe (linguistics) a calque ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== calco first-person singular present indicative of calcar === Further reading === “calco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025