calzar

∗

calzar
transitive verb
1to wear (calzado)
  • calzaba zapatos de ante -> she was wearing suede shoes
  • ¿qué número calza? -> what size (shoe) do you take?
2to wedge, to block (poner cuña a)
3to fill (muela) (Colombian Spanish)
calzarse
pronomial verb
1to put one's shoes on
  • se calzó las botas -> he put on his boots
  • ¡cálzate! -> put your shoes on!

Copyright © 2006 Chambers Harrap Publishers Limited

calzar [cal-thar’]
article & verb transitive
1To put on shoes.
2To strengthen with iron or wood.
3To scot or scotch a wheel.
4To carry a ball of a determined size (armas de fuego).
5To wedge, chock, key.
6To overlay, to raise, underlay. (Typography)
7To fill (diente). (Ante Meridian & Latin American) (m)
8To pit, to put an iron tip on. (m)
  • Calzar las herramientas -> to put a steel edge to iron tools
  • Calzar los guantes -> to put on gloves
  • Calzaba zapatos verdes, she was wearing green shoes. ¿Qué numero calza Vd -> what size do you take
  • El primero que llega se calza -> first come first served
  • Me ayudó a ponerme las botas -> he helped me to put my boots on
verb neuter
  • Calza bien -> he wears good shoes
verb reflexive
  • 1 -> Calzarse los zapatos, to put on one’s shoes
  • ¿Qué zapatos calzaba -> what shoes was he wearing
9Calzarse un empleo, to get a job.
  • Calzarse a uno -> to keep somebody under one’s thumb
.

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

calzar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+zapatos etc] (llevar) to wear; (ponerse) to put on
calzaba zapatos verdes she was wearing green shoes; ¿qué número calza usted? what size shoes do you wear take?;o what size do you take?
el que primero llega se la calza first come first served
2 [+niño etc] to put shoes on; (proveer de calzado) to provide with footwear; supply with shoes
me ayudó a calzarme las botas he helped me to put my boots on
No hay cuero para calzar a las tropas ni paño para vestirlas.
3 (Mil) etc [+armas] to bear
4 (Técnica) [+rueda etc] to scotch; chock; (con cuña) to put a wedge (under); (bloquear) to block; (asegurar) to secure
5 (Col) [+diente] to fill
6 (poner punta a) to tip; put an iron tip on
verbo:intransitivo
1
calza bien he wears good shoes
2 (familiar)
calza poco
no calza mucho
he's pretty dim; (familiar)
verbo:pronominal
calzarse
1
calzarse los zapatos to put one's shoes on
2 (familiar)
calzarse un empleo to get a job; calzarse a algn to keep sb under one's thumb
3
calzarse a algn (vulgar) to screw sb; (vulgar)

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Verb Conjugation for "calzar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo calzo calcé calzaba calzaré calce
Tú calzas calzaste calzabas calzarás calces
Ella/Él/Usted calza calzó calzaba calzará calce
Nosotros calzamos calzamos calzábamos calzaremos calcemos
Vosotros calzáis calzasteis calzabais calzaréis calcéis
Ellos/Ustedes calzan calzaron calzaban calzarán calcen
Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: la carcajada

∗

hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw