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See also: calçar

English

Etymology 1

From the Italian calcara (“lime-kiln”).

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

  1. A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
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Etymology 2

From the Latin calcar (“spur”).

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

  1. (botany, anatomy) A spur-like projection.
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Asturian

Etymology

From Latin calcāre, present active infinitive of calcō.

Verb

calcar (first-person singular indicative present calco, past participle calcáu)

  1. to press, push
  2. to hit, strike

Conjugation

Conjugation of calcar
infinitive calcar
gerund calcando
past participle m calcáu, f calcada, n calcao, m pl calcaos, f pl calcaes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present calco calques calca calcamos calcáis calquen
imperfect calcaba calcabes calcaba calcábemos, calcábamos calcabeis, calcabais calcaben
preterite calqué calcasti, calquesti calcó calquemos calcastis, calquestis calcaron
pluperfect calcare, calcara calcares, calcaras calcare, calcara calcáremos, calcáramos calcareis, calcarais calcaren, calcaran
future calcaré calcarás calcará calcaremos calcaréis calcarán
conditional calcaría calcaríes calcaría calcaríemos, calcaríamos calcaríeis, calcaríais calcaríen
subjunctive present calque calques, calcas calque calquemos calquéis calquen, calcan
imperfect calcare, calcara calcares, calcaras calcare, calcara calcáremos, calcáramos calcareis, calcarais calcaren, calcaran
imperative — calca — — calcái —

Galician

Etymology

From Latin calcāre (“to press”), present active infinitive of calcō.

Pronunciation

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calquei, past participle calcado)

  1. to press
  2. to trample

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcar (c-qu alternation)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal calcar
Personal calcar calcares calcar calcarmos calcardes calcaren
Gerund
calcando
Past participle
Masculine calcado calcados
Feminine calcada calcadas
Indicative
Present calco calcas calca calcamos calcades calcan
Imperfect calcaba calcabas calcaba calcabamos calcabades calcaban
Preterite calquei calcaches calcou calcamos calcastes calcaron
Pluperfect calcara calcaras calcara calcaramos calcarades calcaran
Future calcarei calcarás calcará calcaremos calcaredes calcarán
Conditional calcaría calcarías calcaría calcariamos calcariades calcarían
Subjunctive
Present calque calques calque calquemos calquedes calquen
Imperfect calcase calcases calcase calcásemos calcásedes calcasen
Future calcar calcares calcar calcarmos calcardes calcaren
Imperative
Affirmative calca calque calquemos calcade calquen
Negative (non) non calques non calque non calquemos non calquedes non calquen
    Reintegrated conjugation of calcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti / tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal calcar
Personal calcar calcares calcar calcarmos calcardes calcarem
Gerund
calcando
Past participle
Masculine calcado calcados
Feminine calcada calcadas
Indicative
Present calco calcas calca calcamos calcades, calcais calcam
Imperfect calcava calcavas calcava calcávamos calcávades, calcáveis, calcávais1 calcavam
Preterite calquei calcaste, calcache1 calcou calcamos calcastes calcárom, calcaram
Pluperfect calcara calcaras calcara calcáramos calcárades, calcáreis, calcárais1 calcaram
Future calcarei calcarás calcará calcaremos calcaredes, calcareis calcarám, calcarão
Conditional calcaria calcarias calcaria calcaríamos calcaríades, calcaríeis, calcaríais1 calcariam
Subjunctive
Present calque calques calque calquemos calquedes, calqueis calquem
Imperfect calcasse calcasses calcasse calcássemos calcássedes, calcásseis calcassem
Future calcar calcares calcar calcarmos calcardes calcarem
Imperative
Affirmative calca calque calquemos calcade, calcai calquem
Negative (nom) nom calques nom calque nom calquemos nom calquedes, nom calqueis nom calquem

1Less recommended.

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References

  • “calc” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “calcar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “calcar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
  • “calcar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “calcar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from an extension of the Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“heel”). Cognate of calx, calcō.

Pronunciation

Noun

calcar n (genitive calcāris); third declension

  1. spur (equestrian, or of a cock)
  2. (figuratively) incitement, stimulus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative calcar calcāria
Genitive calcāris calcārium
Dative calcārī calcāribus
Accusative calcar calcāria
Ablative calcārī calcāribus
Vocative calcar calcāria

Descendants

  • → English: calcar

References

  • “calcar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “calcar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calcar in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to put spurs to a horse: calcaribus equum concitare
  • “calcar”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “calcar”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • New Latin Grammar, Allen and Greenough, 1903.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin calcāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: cal‧car

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calquei, past participle calcado)

  1. to trample, to crush
  2. to press (grapes, etc.)
  3. (figuratively) to humiliate, to subjugate
  4. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive) to base a work on (a previous one)
  5. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (transitive) to copy a work

Usage notes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal calcar
Personal calcar calcares calcar calcarmos calcardes calcarem
Gerund
calcando
Past participle
Masculine calcado calcados
Feminine calcada calcadas
Indicative
Present calco calcas calca calcamos calcais calcam
Imperfect calcava calcavas calcava calcávamos calcáveis calcavam
Preterite calquei calcaste calcou calcamos1, calcámos2 calcastes calcaram
Pluperfect calcara calcaras calcara calcáramos calcáreis calcaram
Future calcarei calcarás calcará calcaremos calcareis calcarão
Conditional calcaria calcarias calcaria calcaríamos calcaríeis calcariam
Subjunctive
Present calque calques calque calquemos calqueis calquem
Imperfect calcasse calcasses calcasse calcássemos calcásseis calcassem
Future calcar calcares calcar calcarmos calcardes calcarem
Imperative
Affirmative calca calque calquemos calcai calquem
Negative (não) não calques não calque não calquemos não calqueis não calquem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Related terms

Noun

calcar m (plural calcares)

  1. (botany) spur
  2. (zoology) in arthropods, a mobile process similar to a spike
  3. (zoology) in certain insects, the strongest spur located in the tibia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calcaire, from Latin calcarius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈkar/, /ˈkal.kar/

Noun

calcar n (plural calcare)

  1. limestone
    Synonym: piatră-de-var

Declension

Declension of calcar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) calcar calcarul (niște) calcare calcarele
genitive/dative (unui) calcar calcarului (unor) calcare calcarelor
vocative calcarule calcarelor

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cal‧car

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin calcāre.

Verb

calcar (first-person singular present calco, first-person singular preterite calqué, past participle calcado)

  1. to trace, copy (copy by means of carbon paper or tracing paper)
  2. to trample
Conjugation
    Conjugation of calcar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive calcar
gerund calcando
past participle masculine feminine
singular calcado calcada
plural calcados calcadas
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 calco calcastú
calcásvos 		calca calcamos calcáis calcan
imperfect calcaba calcabas calcaba calcábamos calcabais calcaban
preterite calqué calcaste calcó calcamos calcasteis calcaron
future calcaré calcarás calcará calcaremos calcaréis calcarán
conditional calcaría calcarías calcaría calcaríamos calcaríais calcarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present calque calquestú
calquésvos2 		calque calquemos calquéis calquen
imperfect
(ra) 		calcara calcaras calcara calcáramos calcarais calcaran
imperfect
(se) 		calcase calcases calcase calcásemos calcaseis calcasen
future1 calcare calcares calcare calcáremos calcareis calcaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative calcatú
calcávos 		calque calquemos calcad calquen
negative no calques no calque no calquemos no calquéis no calquen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calcar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive calcar
dative calcarme calcarte calcarle, calcarse calcarnos calcaros calcarles, calcarse
accusative calcarme calcarte calcarlo, calcarla, calcarse calcarnos calcaros calcarlos, calcarlas, calcarse
with gerund calcando
dative calcándome calcándote calcándole, calcándose calcándonos calcándoos calcándoles, calcándose
accusative calcándome calcándote calcándolo, calcándola, calcándose calcándonos calcándoos calcándolos, calcándolas, calcándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calca
dative cálcame cálcate cálcale cálcanos not used cálcales
accusative cálcame cálcate cálcalo, cálcala cálcanos not used cálcalos, cálcalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calcá
dative calcame calcate calcale calcanos not used calcales
accusative calcame calcate calcalo, calcala calcanos not used calcalos, calcalas
with formal second-person singular imperative calque
dative cálqueme not used cálquele, cálquese cálquenos not used cálqueles
accusative cálqueme not used cálquelo, cálquela, cálquese cálquenos not used cálquelos, cálquelas
with first-person plural imperative calquemos
dative not used calquémoste calquémosle calquémonos calquémoos calquémosles
accusative not used calquémoste calquémoslo, calquémosla calquémonos calquémoos calquémoslos, calquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calcad
dative calcadme not used calcadle calcadnos calcaos calcadles
accusative calcadme not used calcadlo, calcadla calcadnos calcaos calcadlos, calcadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calquen
dative cálquenme not used cálquenle cálquennos not used cálquenles, cálquense
accusative cálquenme not used cálquenlo, cálquenla cálquennos not used cálquenlos, cálquenlas, cálquense
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Etymology 2

Noun

calcar m (plural calcares)

  1. (anatomy, botany) calcar (a spur-like projection)
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