calcare

See also: calcaré and călcare

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈkaɾe/ [kalˈka.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: cal‧ca‧re

Verb

calcare

1. inflection of calcar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈka.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: cal‧cà‧re

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx (“limestone”).

Noun

calcare m (plural calcari)

1. limestone

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin calcāris, from calx (“heel”).

Noun

calcare m (plural calcari)

1. (archaic or literary) spur (device for goading a horse)

Etymology 3

From Latin calcāre.

Verb

calcàre (first-person singular present càlco, first-person singular past historic calcài, past participle calcàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to stomp, to tread
2. (transitive, figurative, literary) to oppress, to humiliate
3. (transitive) to press down on
4. (transitive) to stress, to emphasize
5. (transitive) to trace (a drawing)
6. (transitive or intransitive) to crowd, throng [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	calcàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		calcàndo
present participle		calcànte	past participle		calcàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	càlco	càlchi	càlca	calchiàmo	calcàte	càlcano
imperfect	calcàvo	calcàvi	calcàva	calcavàmo	calcavàte	calcàvano
past historic	calcài	calcàsti	calcò	calcàmmo	calcàste	calcàrono
future	calcherò	calcherài	calcherà	calcherémo	calcheréte	calcherànno
conditional	calcherèi	calcherésti	calcherèbbe, calcherébbe	calcherémmo	calcheréste	calcherèbbero, calcherébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	càlchi	càlchi	càlchi	calchiàmo	calchiàte	càlchino
imperfect	calcàssi	calcàssi	calcàsse	calcàssimo	calcàste	calcàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		càlca	càlchi	calchiàmo	calcàte	càlchino
negative imperative		non calcàre	non càlchi	non calchiàmo	non calcàte	non càlchino

Derived terms

• calcarsi

Related terms

• calcagno

See also

• premere

Anagrams

• calcerà, cercala, laccare

Latin

Verb

calcāre

1. inflection of calcō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈka.re/, /ˈkal.ka.re/

Noun

calcare

1. plural of calcar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈkaɾe/ [kalˈka.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -aɾe
• Syllabification: cal‧ca‧re

Verb

calcare

1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of calcar