calle
Meaning
-
- (feminine) street
- (feminine) lane (in a pool or racetrack, but not a highway)
Concepts
road way
motor road
narrow passage
narrow street
public road
state highway
super highway
Synonyms
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ca‧lle
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkaʝe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish cal, calle, from Latin callem. For the retention/analogical restoration of final /e/ after /ʎ/, compare valle and conversely piel.
New
callar
- to calm
- (reflexive) to be silent, to shut up
- to keep silent
- (intransitive) to hush, to become silent
- (transitive) to hush, to make silent
- to not mention
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Sentences
En la calle Canal de Panamá
encontramos el ambulatorio de Atención Primaria del barrio .
On Panama Canal Street we find the neighborhood Primary Care outpatient clinic.