descalçar

From Late Latin discalceāre, present active infinitive of discalceō, from Latin calceō.

• IPA^(key): /des̺.kal.ˈt͡saɾ/

descalçar

1. to take off (a shoe)
2. to take off one's shoes
   • 13th century CE, 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.

• Galician: descalzar
• Portuguese: descalçar

From Old Galician-Portuguese descalçar, from Late Latin discalceāre, from Latin calceō. Cognate with Galician and Spanish descalzar, French déchausser, Italian discalzare and Romanian descălța.

• Hyphenation: des‧cal‧çar

descalçar (first-person singular present descalço, first-person singular preterite descalcei, 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.

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