calcigar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *calcīcāre, from calx (“heel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəl.siˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kal.siˈɣaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kal.siˈɣa]

Verb

calcigar (first-person singular present calcigo, first-person singular preterite calciguí, past participle calcigat)

1. (transitive) to tread on, to step on

   Synonyms: petjar, trepitjar

   Calcigava la terra a la manera del bou que té temps i paciència.

   He trod the earth in the manner of an ox who has time and patience.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of calcigar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			calcigar
gerund			calcigant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calcigat		calcigada
		plural		calcigats		calcigades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calcigo	calcigues	calciga	calciguem	calcigueu	calciguen
	imperfect	calcigava	calcigaves	calcigava	calcigàvem	calcigàveu	calcigaven
	future	calcigaré	calcigaràs	calcigarà	calcigarem	calcigareu	calcigaran
	preterite	calciguí	calcigares	calcigà	calcigàrem	calcigàreu	calcigaren
	conditional	calcigaria	calcigaries	calcigaria	calcigaríem	calcigaríeu	calcigarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calcigui	calciguis	calcigui	calciguem	calcigueu	calciguin
	imperfect	calcigués	calciguessis	calcigués	calciguéssim	calciguéssiu	calciguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	calciga	calcigui	calciguem	calcigueu	calciguin
	negative (no)	—	no calciguis	no calcigui	no calciguem	no calcigueu	no calciguin

Derived terms

• calcigada
• cassigall
• peucalcigar

Further reading

• “calcigar”, 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
• “calcigar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “calcigar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “calcigar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)