calcar

See also calçar

English

Noun

calcar (plural calcars)

1. A small oven or furnace
2. (botany, anatomy) A spur-like projection

Derived terms

• calcariform

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Latin

Noun

calcar (genitive calcāris); n, third declension

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

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	calcar	calcāria
genitive	calcāris	calcārium
dative	calcārī	calcāribus
accusative	calcar	calcāria
ablative	calcārī	calcāribus
vocative	calcar	calcāria

References

• New Latin Grammar, Allen and Greenough, 1903.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin calcāre, present active infinitive of calcō.

Verb

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

1. to trace
2. to trample

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

Rule: c becomes a qu before every e.

infinitive			calcar
gerund			calcando
past participle			calcado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calco	calcas	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	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calque	calques	calque	calquemos	calquéis	calquen
	imperfect (ra)	calcara	calcaras	calcara	calcáramos	calcarais	calcaran
	imperfect (se)	calcase	calcases	calcase	calcásemos	calcaseis	calcasen
	future	calcare	calcares	calcare	calcáremos	calcareis	calcaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		calca	calque	calquemos	calcad	calquen
	negative		no calques	no calque	no calquemos	no calquéis	no calquen

Other verbs with this conjugation:

[+] Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)