calco

See also: calcó, calcò, calço, calco-, and -calco

Asturian

Verb

calco

1. first-person singular present indicative of calcar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum ille followed by Latin qui.

Adjective

calco

1. some, any

Galician

Verb

calco

1. 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)

1. cast (of sculpture)
2. tracing (of a design)
3. literal loan translation, calque (calco semantico), loanword
4. mold

Etymology 2

See calcare.

Verb

calco

1. first-person singular present indicative of calcare

Anagrams

• lacco, laccò

Latin

Etymology

From calx (“heel”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.koː/, [ˈkäɫ̪koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.ko/, [ˈkälko]

Verb

calcō (present infinitive calcāre, perfect active calcāvī, supine calcātum); first conjugation

1. to trample, tread on
2. to walk upon, cross on foot
3. (figuratively) to oppress
4. (figuratively) to scorn, contemn, despise

Conjugation

   Conjugation of calcō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calcō	calcās	calcat	calcāmus	calcātis	calcant
	imperfect	calcābam	calcābās	calcābat	calcābāmus	calcābātis	calcābant
	future	calcābō	calcābis	calcābit	calcābimus	calcābitis	calcābunt
	perfect	calcāvī	calcāvistī	calcāvit	calcāvimus	calcāvistis	calcāvērunt, calcāvēre
	pluperfect	calcāveram	calcāverās	calcāverat	calcāverāmus	calcāverātis	calcāverant
	future perfect	calcāverō	calcāveris	calcāverit	calcāverimus	calcāveritis	calcāverint
passive	present	calcor	calcāris, calcāre	calcātur	calcāmur	calcāminī	calcantur
	imperfect	calcābar	calcābāris, calcābāre	calcābātur	calcābāmur	calcābāminī	calcābantur
	future	calcābor	calcāberis, calcābere	calcābitur	calcābimur	calcābiminī	calcābuntur
	perfect	calcātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	calcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	calcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	calcem	calcēs	calcet	calcēmus	calcētis	calcent
imperfect	calcārem	calcārēs	calcāret	calcārēmus	calcārētis	calcārent
perfect	calcāverim	calcāverīs	calcāverit	calcāverīmus	calcāverītis	calcāverint
pluperfect	calcāvissem	calcāvissēs	calcāvisset	calcāvissēmus	calcāvissētis	calcāvissent
passive	present	calcer	calcēris, calcēre	calcētur	calcēmur	calcēminī	calcentur
imperfect	calcārer	calcārēris, calcārēre	calcārētur	calcārēmur	calcārēminī	calcārentur
perfect	calcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	calcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	calcā	—	—	calcāte	—
	future	—	calcātō	calcātō	—	calcātōte	calcantō
passive	present	—	calcāre	—	—	calcāminī	—
	future	—	calcātor	calcātor	—	—	calcantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		calcāre	calcāvisse	calcātūrum esse	calcārī	calcātum esse	calcātum īrī
participles		calcāns	—	calcātūrus	—	calcātus	calcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		calcandī	calcandō	calcandum	calcandō	calcātum	calcātū

Derived terms

• calcātor
• calcātōrium
• calcātūra
• circumcalcō/ circumculcō
• conculcō
• dēculcō
• exculcō
• inculcō
• intercalcō/ interculcō
• occulcō
• praeculcō
• prōculcō
• recalcō
• supercalcō

Related terms

• calceus
• calcitrō
• calx

Descendants

• Aromanian: calcu, cãlcari
• Asturian: calcar
• Catalan: calcar
• English: calcate
• French: calquer
  • English: calque
• Friulian: cjalcjâ, čhalčhâ
• Galician: calcar
• Italian: calcare
• Old French: chauchier, cauchier
  • Middle French: chaucher, caucher
    • French: chaucher, côcher
• Piedmontese: calché
• Portuguese: calcar
• Romanian: călca, călcare
• Sardinian: calcare, calcai, carcare, carcài
• Sicilian: carcari
• Spanish: calcar
• Venetan: calcar

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ku/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaw.ko/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkal.ku/ [ˈkaɫ.ku]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alku, (Brazil) -awku
• Hyphenation: cal‧co

Verb

calco

1. first-person singular present indicative of calcar

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)

1. the action of copying or reproducing something
2. copy
3. imitation, reproduction
   • 1986, Mariano Fernández Enguita, Michael W. Apple, Marxismo y sociología de la educación:

     Según ellos, los principales aspectos de la organización educativa serían un calco de las relaciones de dominación y subordinación existentes en la esfera económica

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2021, Paula Arias, Un verano para siempre:

     Él, sin duda era un calco de su padre, y Natalie debió heredar la belleza de su madre

     Without doubt, he was a carbon copy of his father, and Natalie must have gotten her mother's beauty.

4. (colloquial) shoe
5. (linguistics) a calque

Derived terms

• papel de calco

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

calco

1. 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10