cal viva

Portuguese

Noun

cal viva f (uncountable)

1. quicklime (lime produced by heating limestone)

   Synonym: cal virgem

Further reading

• “cal viva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkal ˈbiba/ [ˌkal ˈβ̞i.β̞a]
• Syllabification: cal vi‧va

Noun

cal viva f (uncountable)

1. quicklime (lime produced by heating limestone)

Further reading

• “cal viva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025