calafatare
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek καλαϕατέω (kalaphatéō) or from Arabic قَلْفَطَ (qalfaṭa, “to caulk (a ship)”), both from Latin calefaciō (“to heat”).
Verb[edit]
calafatàre (first-person singular present calafàto, first-person singular past historic calafatài, past participle calafatàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to caulk, to make watertight
- Synonyms: catramare, impeciare, incatramare, impegolare
- (transitive, nautical) to pitch, to caulk with tow and pitch/tar
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of calafatàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- Italian terms borrowed from Byzantine Greek
- Italian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Italian terms borrowed from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Arabic
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian verbs
- Italian verbs ending in -are
- Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary
- Italian transitive verbs
- it:Nautical