calçola

Portuguese

Etymology

From calça +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈsɔ.lɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈsɔ.lɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈsɔ.la/ [kaʊ̯ˈsɔ.la]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈsɔ.lɐ/ [kaɫˈsɔ.lɐ]

Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
Hyphenation: cal‧ço‧la

Noun

calçola f (plural calçolas) (Brazil, also in the plural)

panties, briefs (an undergarment for women, complete and legless, extending from the waist or hips to the groin or upper part of the thighs)

Further reading

“calçola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“calçola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026