calço
Portuguese, noun
calço is spelled C-A-L-Ç-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calço is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “an object used to limit or prevent another object’s movement (such as a doorstop or table leveler), or to position it precisely (such as…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of calçar. Without its cedilla, calco is a different word: “alternative form of calque”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pedra, cunha, pedaço de madeira ou de outra substância que se põe debaixo de um objeto, para o firmar ou para…”.
What does calço mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean object used to limit or prevent another object’s movement (such as a doorstop or table leveler), or to position it precisely (such as shim or prop)
- 2
masculinethe act of tripping a person by placing one’s leg in front of their feet as they run
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of calçar
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of calque
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of calcar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pedra, cunha, pedaço de madeira ou de outra substância que se põe debaixo de um objeto, para o firmar ou para o elevar, ou para o nivelar 2. socalco; leira em socalco; socalco de forma arredondada em volta de uma oliveira que medra em encosta 3. no arado tradicional, peça de madeira entre as suas varas 4. trempe
noun: 1. cópia em papel transparente sobreposto a um desenho, que com uma caneta se vão gravando as linhas transparentadas 2. cópia em papel de relevos e depressões numa superfície gravada 3. fenômeno em que termos são cunhados seguindo as regras da língua de destino, mas usando a lógica da língua de origem (por exemplo, alta-costura, calco do francês haute couture)
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 calço
- calcos plural
- calços plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to calço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calço in Portuguese?
calço appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).