descalço
Portuguese, adjective/desˈkaw.su/
descalço is spelled D-E-S-C-A-L-Ç-O (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,393rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descalço is a Portuguese adjective meaning “barefoot, barefooted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of descalçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem calçado, com os pés descobertos”.
What does descalço mean in English?
adjective
- 1
barefoot, barefooted
- 2
discalced
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of descalçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem calçado, com os pés descobertos
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 descalço
- descalça feminine
- descalços masculine plural
- descalças feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descalço?
- Brazil /desˈkaw.su/
- Brazil [desˈkaʊ̯.su]
- Brazil /d͡ʒisˈkaw.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descalço
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descalço in Portuguese?
descalço appears 1.4 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).