descalzo
Spanish, adjective
descalzo is spelled D-E-S-C-A-L-Z-O (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,151st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descalzo is a Spanish adjective meaning “barefoot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of descalzar. With an accent, descalzó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of descalzar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no lleva zapatos, sandalias o cualquier otro tipo de calzado”.
What does descalzo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
barefoot
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of descalzar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of descalzar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no lleva zapatos, sandalias o cualquier otro tipo de calzado 2. Referido a ciertas órdenes religiosas, que sus miembros han hecho un voto que le obliga a no llevar calzado.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of descalzo
- descalza feminine
- descalzos masculine plural
- descalzas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to descalzo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descalzo in Spanish?
descalzo appears 1.7 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).