Old Portuguese

Verb

descalçar

1. to take off (a shoe)
2. to take off one's shoes
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 64 (facsimile):

     Como a moller […] nõ podo a çapata q̇ lle deu ſeu entendedor meter no pee nen deſcalçala.

     How the wife […] could neither put on nor take off the shoes her lover gave her.

Descendants

• Galician: descalzar
• Portuguese: descalçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese descalçar, from Late Latin discalceāre, present active infinitive of discalceō, from Latin calceō. Cognate with Galician descalzar, Spanish descalzar, French déchausser, Italian discalzare and Romanian descălța.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kaɫ.ˈsaɾ/
• Hyphenation: des‧cal‧çar

Verb

descalçar ‎(first-person singular present indicative descalço, past participle descalçado)

1. (transitive) to take off (a shoe)
2. (reflexive) to take off one's shoes

   Os muçulmanos descalçam-se antes de entrar numa mesquita.

   Muslims take their shoes off before entering a mosque.

Conjugation

Antonyms

• calçar