calar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin calō, chalō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kəˈla/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kaˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
calar (first-person singular present calo, past participle calat)
- (transitive) to soak, to drench
- (transitive) to set, to light (a fire)
- calar foc a ― to set fire to
- (reflexive) to stall (of an engine: to stop suddenly)
- (transitive) to stall (to cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop)
Conjugation
infinitive | calar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | calant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | calat | calada | |||||
plural | calats | calades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | calo | cales | cala | calem | caleu | calen | |
imperfect | calava | calaves | calava | calàvem | calàveu | calaven | |
future | calaré | calaràs | calarà | calarem | calareu | calaran | |
preterite | calí | calares | calà | calàrem | calàreu | calaren | |
conditional | calaria | calaries | calaria | calaríem | calaríeu | calarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | cali | calis | cali | calem | caleu | calin | |
imperfect | calés | calessis | calés | caléssim | caléssiu | calessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | cala | cali | calem | caleu | calin |
Derived terms
- acalar
- cala
- calador
- calament
- calat
Further reading
- “calar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “calar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “calar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “calar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Cognate with Portuguese calar and Spanish callar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑ.ˈlaɾ]
Verb
calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calei, past participle calado)
- (intransitive) to shut up; to be silent
- 1405, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 227:
- Et as ditas persoas et coengos respondendo ao dito testemoyo et requerimento que contra elles tomaron os ditos omes moradores en Çesuras et en Çonay sobre rason da dita carta do dito corregidor diseron que a dita carta era de obedesçer et non de conprir por moytas rasoes a primeira por quanto a dita carta foy gaanada calada a uerdade et espremida a falsidade por quanto o dito Garçia Sanches nunca deu tal sentença commo os ditos moradores de Çesuras et de Çonan disen nen se prouaria que y ouuese libelo posto nen pleito concluso nen dia asignado para dar sentença por lo qual a dita carta non era de conprir nen a dita sentença non aueria efecto.
- and said persons and canons, answering that testimony and requirement that against them gave said inhabitants of Cesuras and Zonán, on account of said magistrate's charter, said that the aforementioned charter was of obey but do not fulfil [non executive] for a number of reasons; the first one, because that deed was acquired by silencing the truth and expressing falsehood, because said García Sánchez never gave such a sentence as the inhabitants of Cesuras and Zonán say, nor it could be proven that there were a posted libel, nor a concluded lawsuit, nor a day assigned for giving the sentence, therefore that charter was non executive, nor said sentence could have any effect
- Et as ditas persoas et coengos respondendo ao dito testemoyo et requerimento que contra elles tomaron os ditos omes moradores en Çesuras et en Çonay sobre rason da dita carta do dito corregidor diseron que a dita carta era de obedesçer et non de conprir por moytas rasoes a primeira por quanto a dita carta foy gaanada calada a uerdade et espremida a falsidade por quanto o dito Garçia Sanches nunca deu tal sentença commo os ditos moradores de Çesuras et de Çonan disen nen se prouaria que y ouuese libelo posto nen pleito concluso nen dia asignado para dar sentença por lo qual a dita carta non era de conprir nen a dita sentença non aueria efecto.
- Calen barbas e falen cartas. (idiom) ― Let the beards [people] be silent and the charters [deeds] speak.
- 1405, E. Cal Pardo (ed.), Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 227:
- (nautical, transitive) to sink, submerge
- (nautical, transitive) to touch the bottom
- (transitive) to fathom; to probe
Conjugation
singular | plural | |||||
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person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
impersonal | calar | |||||
personal | calar | calares | calar | calarmos | calardes | calaren |
Gerund | ||||||
calando | ||||||
Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
masculine | calado | calados | ||||
feminine | calada | caladas | ||||
Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | calo | calas | cala | calamos | calades | calan |
imperfect | calaba | calabas | calaba | calabamos | calabades | calaban |
preterite | calei | calaches | calou | calamos | calastes | calaron |
pluperfect | calara | calaras | calara | calaramos | calarades | calaran |
future | calarei | calarás | calará | calaremos | calaredes | calarán |
conditional | calaría | calarías | calaría | calariamos | calariades | calarían |
Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
present | cale | cales | cale | calemos | caledes | calen |
preterite | calase | calases | calase | calásemos | calásedes | calasen |
future | calar | calares | calar | calarmos | calardes | calaren |
Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
affirmative | – | cala | cale | calemos | calade | calen |
negative | – | cales | cale | calemos | caledes | calen |
Derived terms
- calado
References
- “calar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “calar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “calar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “calar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “calar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Indonesian
Noun
calar (first-person possessive calarku, second-person possessive calarmu, third-person possessive calarnya)
- scratch
- Kulitnya tertutupi oleh calar-calar kecil.
- Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.
- Synonym: baret
Derived terms
- bercalar
- calar-balar
- mencalarkan
- pencalaran
- tercalar
Italian
Etymology
from calare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈlar/
- Rhymes: -ar
- Hyphenation: ca‧làr
Noun
calar m (invariable)
- setting (of a heavenly body)
Derived terms
- calar del sole (“sunset”)
- calar della luna (“moonset”)
Further reading
- calar in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
Anagrams
- Carla, Clara
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *calāre or *callāre, from Latin chalāre, present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
calar
- to shut up (prevent from speaking)
Conjugation
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | calar | aver calat | |||||
gerund | calant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | calat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cali | calas | cala | calam | calatz | calan | |
imperfect | calavi | calavas | calava | calàvem | calàvetz | calavan | |
preterite | calèri | calères | calèt | calèrem | calèretz | calèron | |
future | calarai | calaràs | calarà | calarem | calaretz | calaràn | |
conditional | calariái | calariás | calariá | calariam | calariatz | calarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | calèra | calèras | calèra | caleram | caleratz | calèran | |
compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cale | cales | cale | calem | caletz | calen | |
imperfect | calèssi | calèsses | calèsse | calèssem | calèssetz | calèsson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
cala | calem | calatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | calar | aver calat | |||||
gerund | calant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | calat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cale | cales | cala | calam | calatz | calon | |
imperfect | calave | calaves | calava | calaviam | calaviatz | calavon | |
preterite | calere | caleres | calet | calem | caletz | caleron | |
future | calarai | calaràs | calará | calarem | calaretz | calarán | |
conditional | calariá | calariás | calariá | calariam | calariatz | calarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | calèra | calèras | calèra | caleram | caleratz | calèran | |
compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cale | cales | cale | calassiam | calassiatz | calon | |
imperfect | calesse | calesses | calesse | calessiam | calessiatz | calesson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
cala | calassiam | calatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | calar | aver calat | |||||
gerund | calant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | calat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cali | calas | cala | calam | calatz | calan | |
imperfect | calavi | calavas | calava | calàvam | calàvatz | calavan | |
preterite | calèi | calès | calè | calèm | calètz | calèn | |
future | calarèi | calaràs | calarà | calaram | calaratz | calaràn | |
conditional | calarí | calarés | calaré | calarem | calaretz | calarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | calèra | calèras | calèra | caleram | caleratz | calèran | |
compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cali | cales | cale | calem | caletz | calen | |
imperfect | calèssi | calèsses | calèsse | calèssem | calèssetz | calèssen | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
cala | calem | calatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | calar | aver calat | |||||
gerund | calant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | calat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cale | calas | cala | calam | calatz | calan | |
imperfect | calava | calavas | calava | calàvam | calàvatz | calavan | |
preterite | calei | caleras | calet | calèram | calèratz | caleran | |
future | calarai | calaràs | calará | calarem | calaretz | calarán | |
conditional | calariá | calariàs | calariá | calariam | calariatz | calarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | calèra | calèras | calèra | caleram | caleratz | calèran | |
compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cale | cales | cale | calem | caletz | calen | |
imperfect | calèsse | calèsses | calèsse | calèssem | calèssetz | calèssen | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
cala | calem | calatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | calar | aver calat | |||||
gerund | calant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | calat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | cale | cales | cala | calam | calatz | calan | |
imperfect | calavi | calavas | calava | calàvem | calàvetz | calavan | |
preterite | calère | calères | calèt | caleriam | caleriatz | calèron | |
future | calarai | calaràs | calarà | calarem | calaretz | calaràn | |
conditional | calariáu | calariás | calariá | calariam | calariatz | calarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | calèra | calèras | calèra | caleram | caleratz | calèran | |
compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | cale | cales | cale | calem | caletz | calan | |
imperfect | calèsse | calèsses | calèsse | calessiam | calessiatz | calèsson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
cala | calem | calatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈlaɾ/
- Hyphenation: ca‧lar
Verb
calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calei, past participle calado)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shut up (to stop talking)
- (transitive) to shut up (to stop someone from talking or something from making noise)
- Synonym: silenciar
- inflection of calar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | calar | |||||
Personal | calar | calares | calar | calarmos | calardes | calarem |
Gerund | ||||||
calando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | calado | calados | ||||
Feminine | calada | caladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | calo | calas | cala | calamos | calais | calam |
Imperfect | calava | calavas | calava | calávamos | caláveis | calavam |
Preterite | calei | calaste | calou | calamos1, calámos2 | calastes | calaram |
Pluperfect | calara | calaras | calara | caláramos | caláreis | calaram |
Future | calarei | calarás | calará | calaremos | calareis | calarão |
Conditional | ||||||
calaria | calarias | calaria | calaríamos | calaríeis | calariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cale | cales | cale | calemos | caleis | calem |
Imperfect | calasse | calasses | calasse | calássemos | calásseis | calassem |
Future | calar | calares | calar | calarmos | calardes | calarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | cala | cale | calemos | calai | calem | |
Negative (não) | não cales | não cale | não calemos | não caleis | não calem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- calado
- calar a boca
- caluda
Further reading
- “calar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “calar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “calar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “calar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “calar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “calar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈlaɾ/ [kaˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧lar
Etymology 1
From cal (“lime”) + -ar, from Latin calx.
Adjective
calar (plural calares)
- (relational) limestone, lime
- Synonym: calizo
Noun
calar m (plural calares)
- limestone quarry
Related terms
- calizo
Etymology 2
From Latin chalāre (“to descend”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).
Verb
calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calé, past participle calado)
- (of a liquid) to soak
- te cala hasta los huesos
- it soaks you to the bone
- to pierce with a sharp instrument
- (colloquial) to rumble, see through (to discover deceitful or underhanded behavior, hidden true motives or mindset)
- to catch on (become fashionable or popular)
- (reflexive, Spain) to stall (an engine)
- (reflexive) to put on (clothing)
Conjugation
infinitive | calar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | calando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | calado | calada | |||||
plural | calados | caladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | calo | calastú calásvos | cala | calamos | caláis | calan | |
imperfect | calaba | calabas | calaba | calábamos | calabais | calaban | |
preterite | calé | calaste | caló | calamos | calasteis | calaron | |
future | calaré | calarás | calará | calaremos | calaréis | calarán | |
conditional | calaría | calarías | calaría | calaríamos | calaríais | calarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cale | calestú calésvos2 | cale | calemos | caléis | calen | |
imperfect (ra) | calara | calaras | calara | caláramos | calarais | calaran | |
imperfect (se) | calase | calases | calase | calásemos | calaseis | calasen | |
future1 | calare | calares | calare | caláremos | calareis | calaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | calatú calávos | cale | calemos | calad | calen | ||
negative | no cales | no cale | no calemos | no caléis | no calen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive calar | |||||||
dative | calarme | calarte | calarle, calarse | calarnos | calaros | calarles, calarse | |
accusative | calarme | calarte | calarlo, calarla, calarse | calarnos | calaros | calarlos, calarlas, calarse | |
with gerund calando | |||||||
dative | calándome | calándote | calándole, calándose | calándonos | calándoos | calándoles, calándose | |
accusative | calándome | calándote | calándolo, calándola, calándose | calándonos | calándoos | calándolos, calándolas, calándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cala | |||||||
dative | cálame | cálate | cálale | cálanos | not used | cálales | |
accusative | cálame | cálate | cálalo, cálala | cálanos | not used | cálalos, cálalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calá | |||||||
dative | calame | calate | calale | calanos | not used | calales | |
accusative | calame | calate | calalo, calala | calanos | not used | calalos, calalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative cale | |||||||
dative | cáleme | not used | cálele, cálese | cálenos | not used | cáleles | |
accusative | cáleme | not used | cálelo, cálela, cálese | cálenos | not used | cálelos, cálelas | |
with first-person plural imperative calemos | |||||||
dative | not used | calémoste | calémosle | calémonos | calémoos | calémosles | |
accusative | not used | calémoste | calémoslo, calémosla | calémonos | calémoos | calémoslos, calémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative calad | |||||||
dative | caladme | not used | caladle | caladnos | calaos | caladles | |
accusative | caladme | not used | caladlo, caladla | caladnos | calaos | caladlos, caladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative calen | |||||||
dative | cálenme | not used | cálenle | cálennos | not used | cálenles, cálense | |
accusative | cálenme | not used | cálenlo, cálenla | cálennos | not used | cálenlos, cálenlas, cálense |
infinitive | calarse | ||||||
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gerund | calándose | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | calado | calada | |||||
plural | calados | caladas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
personal non-finite | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
infinitive | calarme | calarte | calarse | calarnos | calaros | calarse | |
gerund | calándome | calándote | calándose | calándonos | calándoos | calándose | |
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me calo | te calastú te calásvos | se cala | nos calamos | os caláis | se calan | |
imperfect | me calaba | te calabas | se calaba | nos calábamos | os calabais | se calaban | |
preterite | me calé | te calaste | se caló | nos calamos | os calasteis | se calaron | |
future | me calaré | te calarás | se calará | nos calaremos | os calaréis | se calarán | |
conditional | me calaría | te calarías | se calaría | nos calaríamos | os calaríais | se calarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me cale | te calestú te calésvos2 | se cale | nos calemos | os caléis | se calen | |
imperfect (ra) | me calara | te calaras | se calara | nos caláramos | os calarais | se calaran | |
imperfect (se) | me calase | te calases | se calase | nos calásemos | os calaseis | se calasen | |
future1 | me calare | te calares | se calare | nos caláremos | os calareis | se calaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | cálatetú calatevos | cálese | calémonos | calaos | cálense | ||
negative | no te cales | no se cale | no nos calemos | no os caléis | no se calen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- calabobos
- caladero
Related terms
- cala
- calado
Further reading
- “calar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014