calcare

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See also: calcaré and călcare

Asturian

Verb

calcare

  1. inflection of calcar:
    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: cal‧cà‧re

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin calcārius, from calx (limestone).

Noun

calcare m (plural calcari)

  1. limestone

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin calcāris, from calx (heel).

Noun

calcare m (plural calcari)

  1. (archaic or literary) spur (device for goading a horse)

Etymology 3

From Latin calcāre.

Verb

calcàre (first-person singular present càlco, first-person singular past historic calcài, past participle calcàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to stomp, to tread
  2. (transitive, figurative, literary) to oppress, to humiliate
  3. (transitive) to press down on
  4. (transitive) to stress, to empasize
  5. (transitive) to trace (a drawing)
  6. (transitive or intransitive) to crowd, throng
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Latin

Verb

calcāre

  1. inflection of calcō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalˈka.re/, /ˈkal.ka.re/

Noun

calcare

  1. plural of calcar

Spanish

Verb

calcare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of calcar