calcinar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French calciner.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.siˈnaɾ/ [kaɫ.siˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.siˈna.ɾi/ [kaɫ.siˈna.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ci‧nar

Verb

calcinar (first-person singular present calcino, first-person singular preterite calcinei, past participle calcinado)

1. (transitive) turn (something) into lime by the action of heat
2. (transitive) splitting a carbonate into carbon dioxide and metal oxide by heating
3. (transitive) burn
4. (transitive) reduce (something/someone) to ashes
5. (transitive, figuratively) overheat, scorch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcinar (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	calcinar
Personal	calcinar	calcinares	calcinar	calcinarmos	calcinardes	calcinarem
Gerund
	calcinando
Past participle
Masculine	calcinado			calcinados
Feminine	calcinada			calcinadas
Indicative
Present	calcino	calcinas	calcina	calcinamos	calcinais	calcinam
Imperfect	calcinava	calcinavas	calcinava	calcinávamos	calcináveis	calcinavam
Preterite	calcinei	calcinaste	calcinou	calcinamos1, calcinámos2	calcinastes	calcinaram
Pluperfect	calcinara	calcinaras	calcinara	calcináramos	calcináreis	calcinaram
Future	calcinarei	calcinarás	calcinará	calcinaremos	calcinareis	calcinarão
Conditional	calcinaria	calcinarias	calcinaria	calcinaríamos	calcinaríeis	calcinariam
Subjunctive
Present	calcine	calcines	calcine	calcinemos	calcineis	calcinem
Imperfect	calcinasse	calcinasses	calcinasse	calcinássemos	calcinásseis	calcinassem
Future	calcinar	calcinares	calcinar	calcinarmos	calcinardes	calcinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		calcina	calcine	calcinemos	calcinai	calcinem
Negative (não)		não calcines	não calcine	não calcinemos	não calcineis	não calcinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• calcinação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalθiˈnaɾ/ [kal̟.θiˈnaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kalsiˈnaɾ/ [kal.siˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cal‧ci‧nar

Verb

calcinar (first-person singular present calcino, first-person singular preterite calciné, past participle calcinado)

1. (transitive) to scorch, to burn
   • 2015 July 18, “20 minutos de terror en la residencia”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El jueves por la tarde los familiares de la propietaria del geriátrico calcinado recogían algunos objetos del viejo caserón y los metían en una furgoneta blanca.

     On Thursday afternoon, the relatives of the owner of the charred nursing home collected some objects from the old home and put them in a white van.

2. (transitive) to calcine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calcinar
gerund			calcinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calcinado		calcinada
		plural		calcinados		calcinadas
		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	calcino	calcinastú calcinásvos	calcina	calcinamos	calcináis	calcinan
	imperfect	calcinaba	calcinabas	calcinaba	calcinábamos	calcinabais	calcinaban
	preterite	calciné	calcinaste	calcinó	calcinamos	calcinasteis	calcinaron
	future	calcinaré	calcinarás	calcinará	calcinaremos	calcinaréis	calcinarán
	conditional	calcinaría	calcinarías	calcinaría	calcinaríamos	calcinaríais	calcinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calcine	calcinestú calcinésvos2	calcine	calcinemos	calcinéis	calcinen
	imperfect (ra)	calcinara	calcinaras	calcinara	calcináramos	calcinarais	calcinaran
	imperfect (se)	calcinase	calcinases	calcinase	calcinásemos	calcinaseis	calcinasen
	future1	calcinare	calcinares	calcinare	calcináremos	calcinareis	calcinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calcinatú calcinávos	calcine	calcinemos	calcinad	calcinen
	negative		no calcines	no calcine	no calcinemos	no calcinéis	no calcinen

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

    Selected combined forms of calcinar

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 calcinar	dative	calcinarme	calcinarte	calcinarle, calcinarse	calcinarnos	calcinaros	calcinarles, calcinarse
	accusative	calcinarme	calcinarte	calcinarlo, calcinarla, calcinarse	calcinarnos	calcinaros	calcinarlos, calcinarlas, calcinarse
with gerund calcinando	dative	calcinándome	calcinándote	calcinándole, calcinándose	calcinándonos	calcinándoos	calcinándoles, calcinándose
	accusative	calcinándome	calcinándote	calcinándolo, calcinándola, calcinándose	calcinándonos	calcinándoos	calcinándolos, calcinándolas, calcinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative calcina	dative	calcíname	calcínate	calcínale	calcínanos	not used	calcínales
	accusative	calcíname	calcínate	calcínalo, calcínala	calcínanos	not used	calcínalos, calcínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative calciná	dative	calciname	calcinate	calcinale	calcinanos	not used	calcinales
	accusative	calciname	calcinate	calcinalo, calcinala	calcinanos	not used	calcinalos, calcinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative calcine	dative	calcíneme	not used	calcínele, calcínese	calcínenos	not used	calcíneles
	accusative	calcíneme	not used	calcínelo, calcínela, calcínese	calcínenos	not used	calcínelos, calcínelas
with first-person plural imperative calcinemos	dative	not used	calcinémoste	calcinémosle	calcinémonos	calcinémoos	calcinémosles
	accusative	not used	calcinémoste	calcinémoslo, calcinémosla	calcinémonos	calcinémoos	calcinémoslos, calcinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calcinad	dative	calcinadme	not used	calcinadle	calcinadnos	calcinaos	calcinadles
	accusative	calcinadme	not used	calcinadlo, calcinadla	calcinadnos	calcinaos	calcinadlos, calcinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calcinen	dative	calcínenme	not used	calcínenle	calcínennos	not used	calcínenles, calcínense
	accusative	calcínenme	not used	calcínenlo, calcínenla	calcínennos	not used	calcínenlos, calcínenlas, calcínense

Further reading

• “calcinar”, 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