calificar
Spanish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin quālificāre, present active infinitive of quālificō, from quālis + -ficō. Cognate with English qualify.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalifiˈkaɾ/ [ka.li.fiˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧li‧fi‧car
Verb
calificar (first-person singular present califico, first-person singular preterite califiqué, past participle calificado)
- to qualify
- to grade, to mark
- to rate, to score
- to describe, to characterize, to label, to categorize
- to designate (e.g. designate a plot of land for a specific use)
Conjugation
Conjugation of calificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | calificar | ||||||
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gerund | calificando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | calificado | calificada | |||||
plural | calificados | calificadas | |||||
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 | califico | calificastú calificásvos | califica | calificamos | calificáis | califican | |
imperfect | calificaba | calificabas | calificaba | calificábamos | calificabais | calificaban | |
preterite | califiqué | calificaste | calificó | calificamos | calificasteis | calificaron | |
future | calificaré | calificarás | calificará | calificaremos | calificaréis | calificarán | |
conditional | calificaría | calificarías | calificaría | calificaríamos | calificaríais | calificarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | califique | califiquestú califiquésvos2 | califique | califiquemos | califiquéis | califiquen | |
imperfect (ra) | calificara | calificaras | calificara | calificáramos | calificarais | calificaran | |
imperfect (se) | calificase | calificases | calificase | calificásemos | calificaseis | calificasen | |
future1 | calificare | calificares | calificare | calificáremos | calificareis | calificaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | calificatú calificávos | califique | califiquemos | calificad | califiquen | ||
negative | no califiques | no califique | no califiquemos | no califiquéis | no califiquen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of calificar (c-qu alternation)
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 calificar | |||||||
dative | calificarme | calificarte | calificarle, calificarse | calificarnos | calificaros | calificarles, calificarse | |
accusative | calificarme | calificarte | calificarlo, calificarla, calificarse | calificarnos | calificaros | calificarlos, calificarlas, calificarse | |
with gerund calificando | |||||||
dative | calificándome | calificándote | calificándole, calificándose | calificándonos | calificándoos | calificándoles, calificándose | |
accusative | calificándome | calificándote | calificándolo, calificándola, calificándose | calificándonos | calificándoos | calificándolos, calificándolas, calificándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative califica | |||||||
dative | califícame | califícate | califícale | califícanos | not used | califícales | |
accusative | califícame | califícate | califícalo, califícala | califícanos | not used | califícalos, califícalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calificá | |||||||
dative | calificame | calificate | calificale | calificanos | not used | calificales | |
accusative | calificame | calificate | calificalo, calificala | calificanos | not used | calificalos, calificalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative califique | |||||||
dative | califíqueme | not used | califíquele, califíquese | califíquenos | not used | califíqueles | |
accusative | califíqueme | not used | califíquelo, califíquela, califíquese | califíquenos | not used | califíquelos, califíquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative califiquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | califiquémoste | califiquémosle | califiquémonos | califiquémoos | califiquémosles | |
accusative | not used | califiquémoste | califiquémoslo, califiquémosla | califiquémonos | califiquémoos | califiquémoslos, califiquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative calificad | |||||||
dative | calificadme | not used | calificadle | calificadnos | calificaos | calificadles | |
accusative | calificadme | not used | calificadlo, calificadla | calificadnos | calificaos | calificadlos, calificadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative califiquen | |||||||
dative | califíquenme | not used | califíquenle | califíquennos | not used | califíquenles, califíquense | |
accusative | califíquenme | not used | califíquenlo, califíquenla | califíquennos | not used | califíquenlos, califíquenlas, califíquense |
Related terms
- calificación
- calificado
Further reading
- “calificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014