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calçado

Portuguese, noun

calçado is spelled C-A-L-Ç-A-D-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calçado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “footwear, shoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of calçar. Without its cedilla, calcado is a different word: “past participle of calcar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “artefato para cobrir e abrigar os pés”.

What does calçado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    wearing shoes

noun

  1. 1

    masculinefootwear, shoes

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of calçar

verb

as calcado
  1. 1

    past participle of calcar

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. abrigado com calçado 2. que recebeu calçamento 3. (diz-se de animais) que tem as patas de cor(es) diferente(s) da(s) do resto do corpo

noun: 1. artefato para cobrir e abrigar os pés

noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de Pernambuco

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of calçado

  • calçada feminine
  • calçados masculine plural
  • calçadas feminine plural
  • calcada feminine
  • calcados masculine plural
  • calcadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to calçado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is calçado in Portuguese?

calçado appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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