calar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin chalāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calí, past participle calat)

1. (transitive, archaic) to lower
2. (transitive, nautical) to lower (sails, masts, ships, nets, etc.)
3. (transitive) to soak, to drench
4. (transitive) to insert, to fit together
5. (transitive) to set, to light (a fire)

   calar foc a ― to set fire to

6. (reflexive) to stall (of an engine: to stop suddenly)
7. (transitive) to stall (to cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (lower): baixar
• (lower (sails)): arriar
• (soak): penetrar

Derived terms

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, 2024
• “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-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):

Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calei, past participle calado)

1. (intransitive) to shut up; to be silent

   Calen barbas e falen cartas. (idiom) ― Let the beards be silent and the charters speak.

   • 1405, E. Cal Pardo, editor, 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 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

2. (nautical, transitive) to sink, submerge
3. (nautical, transitive) to touch the bottom
4. (transitive) to fathom; to probe

Conjugation

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 Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “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)

1. scratch

   Synonym: baret

   Kulitnya tertutupi oleh calar-calar kecil.

   Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From calare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: ca‧làr

Noun

calar m (invariable)

1. 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 , from Vulgar Latin *calāre or *callāre, from Latin chalāre, present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Pronunciation

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Verb

calar

1. to shut up (prevent from speaking)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		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	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

    Auvernhàs

		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	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

    Gascon

		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

    Lemosin

		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

    Provençau

		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	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

• Hyphenation: ca‧lar

Verb

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calei, past participle calado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shut up (to stop talking)
2. (transitive) to shut up (to stop someone from talking or something from making noise)

   Synonym: silenciar

Conjugation

Related terms

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, 2003–2024.
• “calar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “calar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧lar

Etymology 1

From cal (“lime”) +‎ -ar, from Latin calx.

Adjective

calar m or f (masculine and feminine plural calares)

1. (relational) limestone, lime

   Synonym: calizo

Noun

calar m (plural calares)

1. limestone quarry

Related terms

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)

1. (of a liquid) to soak

   te cala hasta los huesos

   it soaks you to the bone

2. to pierce with a sharp instrument
3. (colloquial) to rumble, see through (to discover deceitful or underhanded behavior, hidden true motives or mindset)
4. to catch on (become fashionable or popular)
5. (reflexive, Spain) to stall (an engine)
6. (reflexive) to put on (clothing)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “calar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014