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noun, masculine

calcañar

/kalkaˈɲaɾ/

noun, masculine/kalkaˈɲaɾ/plural: calcañares

calcaneus (posterior part of a foot)

Synonyms: calcañal

From the archaic or dialectal calcaño, itself from Latin calcāneum, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *calcaneāre. Compare Portuguese calcanhar. Cf. also the learned borrowing calcáneo.