recalar

recalar (first-person singular present recalo, first-person singular preterite recalí, past participle recalat)

1. (intransitive, nautical) to sight land
2. (transitive, nautical) to lower

   Synonyms: calar, abaixar

• “recalar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recalar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “recalar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recalar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

recalar (first-person singular present recalo, first-person singular preterite recalé, past participle recalado)

1. (nautical) to reach land
2. to appear
3. to arrive
4. to end up; wind up
   • 2019 December 23, “Lista de todos los números premiados en el sorteo de la Lotería de Navidad”, in ABC.es‎:

     De los 167 millones repartidos, 125 recalaron en una administración del distrito madrileño de Chamartín.

     Of the €167 million that were given out, €125 million wound up at a retailer in the Madrid district of Chamartín.

• “recalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28