calar

See also: cãlar and çalar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin chalāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈlaɾ]
• 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

    Conjugation of calar (first conjugation)

infinitive			calar
gerund			calant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calat		calada
		plural		calats		calades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calo	cales	cala	calem	caleu	calen
	imperfect	calava	calaves	calava	calàvem	calàveu	calaven
	future	calaré	calaràs	calarà	calarem	calareu	calaran
	preterite	calí	calares	calà	calàrem	calàreu	calaren
	conditional	calaria	calaries	calaria	calaríem	calaríeu	calarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cali	calis	cali	calem	caleu	calin
	imperfect	calés	calessis	calés	caléssim	caléssiu	calessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cala	cali	calem	caleu	calin
	negative (no)	—	no calis	no cali	no calem	no caleu	no calin

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• acalar
• cala
• calada
• calador
• calament
• calat
• calatge

 

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): [kɑ.ˈlaɾ]

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 [people] be silent and the charters [deeds] 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 [non executive] 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

    Conjugation of calar

	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	calar
Personal	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calaren
Gerund
	calando
Past participle
Masculine	calado			calados
Feminine	calada			caladas
Indicative
Present	calo	calas	cala	calamos	calades	calan
Imperfect	calaba	calabas	calaba	calabamos	calabades	calaban
Preterite	calei	calaches	calou	calamos	calastes	calaron
Pluperfect	calara	calaras	calara	calaramos	calarades	calaran
Future	calarei	calarás	calará	calaremos	calaredes	calarán
Conditional	calaría	calarías	calaría	calariamos	calariades	calarían
Subjunctive
Present	cale	cales	cale	calemos	caledes	calen
Imperfect	calase	calases	calase	calásemos	calásedes	calasen
Future	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cala	cale	calemos	calade	calen
Negative (non)		non cales	non cale	non calemos	non caledes	non calen

    Reintegrated conjugation of calar (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	calar
Personal	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Gerund
	calando
Past participle
Masculine	calado			calados
Feminine	calada			caladas
Indicative
Present	calo	calas	cala	calamos	calades, calais	calam
Imperfect	calava	calavas	calava	calávamos	calávades, caláveis, calávais1	calavam
Preterite	calei	calaste, calache1	calou	calamos	calastes	calárom, calaram
Pluperfect	calara	calaras	calara	caláramos	calárades, caláreis, calárais1	calaram
Future	calarei	calarás	calará	calaremos	calaredes, calareis	calarám, calarão
Conditional	calaria	calarias	calaria	calaríamos	calaríades, calaríeis, calaríais1	calariam
Subjunctive
Present	cale	cales	cale	calemos	caledes, caleis	calem
Imperfect	calasse	calasses	calasse	calássemos	calássedes, calásseis	calassem
Future	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cala	cale	calemos	calade, calai	calem
Negative (nom)		nom cales	nom cale	nom calemos	nom caledes, nom caleis	nom calem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• calado

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “calar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “calar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.lar/, [ˈt͡ʃa.lar]

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

• bercalar
• calar-balar
• mencalarkan
• pencalaran
• tercalar

 

Further reading

• “calar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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 [Term?], 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ca‧lar

Verb

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

1. (pronominal) to shut up (to stop talking)
2. (transitive) to shut up (to stop someone from talking or something from making noise)

   Synonym: silenciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calar (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	calar
Personal	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Gerund
	calando
Past participle
Masculine	calado			calados
Feminine	calada			caladas
Indicative
Present	calo	calas	cala	calamos	calais	calam
Imperfect	calava	calavas	calava	calávamos	caláveis	calavam
Preterite	calei	calaste	calou	calamos1, calámos2	calastes	calaram
Pluperfect	calara	calaras	calara	caláramos	caláreis	calaram
Future	calarei	calarás	calará	calaremos	calareis	calarão
Conditional	calaria	calarias	calaria	calaríamos	calaríeis	calariam
Subjunctive
Present	cale	cales	cale	calemos	caleis	calem
Imperfect	calasse	calasses	calasse	calássemos	calásseis	calassem
Future	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cala	cale	calemos	calai	calem
Negative (não)		não cales	não cale	não calemos	não caleis	não calem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• calado
• calar a boca
• caluda

 

Further reading

• “calar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “calar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “calar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “calar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “calar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “calar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlaɾ/ [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

• calizo

 

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

    Conjugation of calar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calar
gerund			calando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calado		calada
		plural		calados		caladas
		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	calo	calastú calásvos	cala	calamos	caláis	calan
	imperfect	calaba	calabas	calaba	calábamos	calabais	calaban
	preterite	calé	calaste	caló	calamos	calasteis	calaron
	future	calaré	calarás	calará	calaremos	calaréis	calarán
	conditional	calaría	calarías	calaría	calaríamos	calaríais	calarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cale	calestú calésvos2	cale	calemos	caléis	calen
	imperfect (ra)	calara	calaras	calara	caláramos	calarais	calaran
	imperfect (se)	calase	calases	calase	calásemos	calaseis	calasen
	future1	calare	calares	calare	caláremos	calareis	calaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calatú calávos	cale	calemos	calad	calen
	negative		no cales	no cale	no calemos	no caléis	no calen

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

    Selected combined forms of calar

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 calar
	dative	calarme	calarte	calarle, calarse	calarnos	calaros	calarles, calarse
	accusative	calarme	calarte	calarlo, calarla, calarse	calarnos	calaros	calarlos, calarlas, calarse
with gerund calando
	dative	calándome	calándote	calándole, calándose	calándonos	calándoos	calándoles, calándose
	accusative	calándome	calándote	calándolo, calándola, calándose	calándonos	calándoos	calándolos, calándolas, calándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cala
	dative	cálame	cálate	cálale	cálanos	not used	cálales
	accusative	cálame	cálate	cálalo, cálala	cálanos	not used	cálalos, cálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calá
	dative	calame	calate	calale	calanos	not used	calales
	accusative	calame	calate	calalo, calala	calanos	not used	calalos, calalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cale
	dative	cáleme	not used	cálele, cálese	cálenos	not used	cáleles
	accusative	cáleme	not used	cálelo, cálela, cálese	cálenos	not used	cálelos, cálelas
with first-person plural imperative calemos
	dative	not used	calémoste	calémosle	calémonos	calémoos	calémosles
	accusative	not used	calémoste	calémoslo, calémosla	calémonos	calémoos	calémoslos, calémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calad
	dative	caladme	not used	caladle	caladnos	calaos	caladles
	accusative	caladme	not used	caladlo, caladla	caladnos	calaos	caladlos, caladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calen
	dative	cálenme	not used	cálenle	cálennos	not used	cálenles, cálense
	accusative	cálenme	not used	cálenlo, cálenla	cálennos	not used	cálenlos, cálenlas, cálense

    Conjugation of calarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calarse
gerund			calándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calado		calada
		plural		calados		caladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	calarme	calarte	calarse	calarnos	calaros	calarse
	gerund	calándome	calándote	calándose	calándonos	calándoos	calándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me calo	te calastú te calásvos	se cala	nos calamos	os caláis	se calan
	imperfect	me calaba	te calabas	se calaba	nos calábamos	os calabais	se calaban
	preterite	me calé	te calaste	se caló	nos calamos	os calasteis	se calaron
	future	me calaré	te calarás	se calará	nos calaremos	os calaréis	se calarán
	conditional	me calaría	te calarías	se calaría	nos calaríamos	os calaríais	se calarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me cale	te calestú te calésvos2	se cale	nos calemos	os caléis	se calen
	imperfect (ra)	me calara	te calaras	se calara	nos caláramos	os calarais	se calaran
	imperfect (se)	me calase	te calases	se calase	nos calásemos	os calaseis	se calasen
	future1	me calare	te calares	se calare	nos caláremos	os calareis	se calaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cálatetú calatevos	cálese	calémonos	calaos	cálense
	negative		no te cales	no se cale	no nos calemos	no os caléis	no se calen

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

Derived terms

• calabobos
• caladero
• calar hondo

 

Related terms

• cala
• calado

 

Further reading

• “calar”, 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