calcificar

Catalan

Etymology

From calci +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəl.si.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kal.si.fiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kal.si.fiˈka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiquí, past participle calcificat)

1. (transitive, inorganic chemistry) to calcify (to convert into insoluble calcium salts)
2. (transitive, inorganic chemistry) to calcify (to cause the accumulation of calcium salts in a tissue, in an organ, in a duct)
3. (intransitive or pronominal, inorganic chemistry) to calcify
   • 2002, Manuel Sanchis-Guarner Cabanilles, Patologia quirúrgica osteoarticular: Generalitats‎^[1], →ISBN, page 208:

     Es formen grans masses d'osteoide que no s'arriben a calcificar, i això té com a conseqüència l'aparició de calls exuberants […]

     Large masses of osteoid are formed that do not calcify, and this results in the appearance of exuberant calluses […]

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of calcificar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			calcificar
gerund			calcificant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calcificat		calcificada
		plural		calcificats		calcificades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calcifico	calcifiques	calcifica	calcifiquem	calcifiqueu	calcifiquen
	imperfect	calcificava	calcificaves	calcificava	calcificàvem	calcificàveu	calcificaven
	future	calcificaré	calcificaràs	calcificarà	calcificarem	calcificareu	calcificaran
	preterite	calcifiquí	calcificares	calcificà	calcificàrem	calcificàreu	calcificaren
	conditional	calcificaria	calcificaries	calcificaria	calcificaríem	calcificaríeu	calcificarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calcifiqui	calcifiquis	calcifiqui	calcifiquem	calcifiqueu	calcifiquin
	imperfect	calcifiqués	calcifiquessis	calcifiqués	calcifiquéssim	calcifiquéssiu	calcifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	calcifica	calcifiqui	calcifiquem	calcifiqueu	calcifiquin
	negative (no)	—	no calcifiquis	no calcifiqui	no calcifiquem	no calcifiqueu	no calcifiquin

Derived terms

• calcificació

Further reading

• “calcificar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calcificar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “calcificar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From calcio + -ificar.

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiquei, past participle calcificado)

1. to calcify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcificar (c-qu alternation)

	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	calcificar
Personal	calcificar	calcificares	calcificar	calcificarmos	calcificardes	calcificaren
Gerund
	calcificando
Past participle
Masculine	calcificado			calcificados
Feminine	calcificada			calcificadas
Indicative
Present	calcifico	calcificas	calcifica	calcificamos	calcificades	calcifican
Imperfect	calcificaba	calcificabas	calcificaba	calcificabamos	calcificabades	calcificaban
Preterite	calcifiquei	calcificaches	calcificou	calcificamos	calcificastes	calcificaron
Pluperfect	calcificara	calcificaras	calcificara	calcificaramos	calcificarades	calcificaran
Future	calcificarei	calcificarás	calcificará	calcificaremos	calcificaredes	calcificarán
Conditional	calcificaría	calcificarías	calcificaría	calcificariamos	calcificariades	calcificarían
Subjunctive
Present	calcifique	calcifiques	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcifiquedes	calcifiquen
Imperfect	calcificase	calcificases	calcificase	calcificásemos	calcificásedes	calcificasen
Future	calcificar	calcificares	calcificar	calcificarmos	calcificardes	calcificaren
Imperative
Affirmative		calcifica	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcificade	calcifiquen
Negative (non)		non calcifiques	non calcifique	non calcifiquemos	non calcifiquedes	non calcifiquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of calcificar (c-qu alternation) (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	calcificar
Personal	calcificar	calcificares	calcificar	calcificarmos	calcificardes	calcificarem
Gerund
	calcificando
Past participle
Masculine	calcificado			calcificados
Feminine	calcificada			calcificadas
Indicative
Present	calcifico	calcificas	calcifica	calcificamos	calcificades, calcificais	calcificam
Imperfect	calcificava	calcificavas	calcificava	calcificávamos	calcificávades, calcificáveis, calcificávais1	calcificavam
Preterite	calcifiquei	calcificaste, calcificache1	calcificou	calcificamos	calcificastes	calcificárom, calcificaram
Pluperfect	calcificara	calcificaras	calcificara	calcificáramos	calcificárades, calcificáreis, calcificárais1	calcificaram
Future	calcificarei	calcificarás	calcificará	calcificaremos	calcificaredes, calcificareis	calcificarám, calcificarão
Conditional	calcificaria	calcificarias	calcificaria	calcificaríamos	calcificaríades, calcificaríeis, calcificaríais1	calcificariam
Subjunctive
Present	calcifique	calcifiques	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcifiquedes, calcifiqueis	calcifiquem
Imperfect	calcificasse	calcificasses	calcificasse	calcificássemos	calcificássedes, calcificásseis	calcificassem
Future	calcificar	calcificares	calcificar	calcificarmos	calcificardes	calcificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		calcifica	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcificade, calcificai	calcifiquem
Negative (nom)		nom calcifiques	nom calcifique	nom calcifiquemos	nom calcifiquedes, nom calcifiqueis	nom calcifiquem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• calcificación

Further reading

• “calcificar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “calcificar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From cálcio + -ificar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.si.fiˈkaɾ/ [kaɫ.si.fiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.si.fiˈkaɾ/ [kaɫ.si.fiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.si.fiˈka.ɾi/ [kaɫ.si.fiˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiquei, past participle calcificado)

1. to calcify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcificar (c-qu alternation) (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	calcificar
Personal	calcificar	calcificares	calcificar	calcificarmos	calcificardes	calcificarem
Gerund
	calcificando
Past participle
Masculine	calcificado			calcificados
Feminine	calcificada			calcificadas
Indicative
Present	calcifico	calcificas	calcifica	calcificamos	calcificais	calcificam
Imperfect	calcificava	calcificavas	calcificava	calcificávamos	calcificáveis	calcificavam
Preterite	calcifiquei	calcificaste	calcificou	calcificamos1, calcificámos2	calcificastes	calcificaram
Pluperfect	calcificara	calcificaras	calcificara	calcificáramos	calcificáreis	calcificaram
Future	calcificarei	calcificarás	calcificará	calcificaremos	calcificareis	calcificarão
Conditional	calcificaria	calcificarias	calcificaria	calcificaríamos	calcificaríeis	calcificariam
Subjunctive
Present	calcifique	calcifiques	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcifiqueis	calcifiquem
Imperfect	calcificasse	calcificasses	calcificasse	calcificássemos	calcificásseis	calcificassem
Future	calcificar	calcificares	calcificar	calcificarmos	calcificardes	calcificarem
Imperative
Affirmative		calcifica	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcificai	calcifiquem
Negative (não)		não calcifiques	não calcifique	não calcifiquemos	não calcifiqueis	não calcifiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• calcificação

Further reading

• “calcificar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “calcificar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From calcio + -ificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalθifiˈkaɾ/ [kal̟.θi.fiˈkaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kalsifiˈkaɾ/ [kal.si.fiˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiqué, past participle calcificado)

1. to calcify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calcificar
gerund			calcificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calcificado		calcificada
		plural		calcificados		calcificadas
		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	calcifico	calcificastú calcificásvos	calcifica	calcificamos	calcificáis	calcifican
	imperfect	calcificaba	calcificabas	calcificaba	calcificábamos	calcificabais	calcificaban
	preterite	calcifiqué	calcificaste	calcificó	calcificamos	calcificasteis	calcificaron
	future	calcificaré	calcificarás	calcificará	calcificaremos	calcificaréis	calcificarán
	conditional	calcificaría	calcificarías	calcificaría	calcificaríamos	calcificaríais	calcificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calcifique	calcifiquestú calcifiquésvos2	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcifiquéis	calcifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	calcificara	calcificaras	calcificara	calcificáramos	calcificarais	calcificaran
	imperfect (se)	calcificase	calcificases	calcificase	calcificásemos	calcificaseis	calcificasen
	future1	calcificare	calcificares	calcificare	calcificáremos	calcificareis	calcificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calcificatú calcificávos	calcifique	calcifiquemos	calcificad	calcifiquen
	negative		no calcifiques	no calcifique	no calcifiquemos	no calcifiquéis	no calcifiquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calcificar (c-qu alternation)

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 calcificar	dative	calcificarme	calcificarte	calcificarle, calcificarse	calcificarnos	calcificaros	calcificarles, calcificarse
	accusative	calcificarme	calcificarte	calcificarlo, calcificarla, calcificarse	calcificarnos	calcificaros	calcificarlos, calcificarlas, calcificarse
with gerund calcificando	dative	calcificándome	calcificándote	calcificándole, calcificándose	calcificándonos	calcificándoos	calcificándoles, calcificándose
	accusative	calcificándome	calcificándote	calcificándolo, calcificándola, calcificándose	calcificándonos	calcificándoos	calcificándolos, calcificándolas, calcificándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative calcifica	dative	calcifícame	calcifícate	calcifícale	calcifícanos	not used	calcifícales
	accusative	calcifícame	calcifícate	calcifícalo, calcifícala	calcifícanos	not used	calcifícalos, calcifícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative calcificá	dative	calcificame	calcificate	calcificale	calcificanos	not used	calcificales
	accusative	calcificame	calcificate	calcificalo, calcificala	calcificanos	not used	calcificalos, calcificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative calcifique	dative	calcifíqueme	not used	calcifíquele, calcifíquese	calcifíquenos	not used	calcifíqueles
	accusative	calcifíqueme	not used	calcifíquelo, calcifíquela, calcifíquese	calcifíquenos	not used	calcifíquelos, calcifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative calcifiquemos	dative	not used	calcifiquémoste	calcifiquémosle	calcifiquémonos	calcifiquémoos	calcifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	calcifiquémoste	calcifiquémoslo, calcifiquémosla	calcifiquémonos	calcifiquémoos	calcifiquémoslos, calcifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calcificad	dative	calcificadme	not used	calcificadle	calcificadnos	calcificaos	calcificadles
	accusative	calcificadme	not used	calcificadlo, calcificadla	calcificadnos	calcificaos	calcificadlos, calcificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calcifiquen	dative	calcifíquenme	not used	calcifíquenle	calcifíquennos	not used	calcifíquenles, calcifíquense
	accusative	calcifíquenme	not used	calcifíquenlo, calcifíquenla	calcifíquennos	not used	calcifíquenlos, calcifíquenlas, calcifíquense

Derived terms

• calcificación

Further reading

• “calcificar”, 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