calcita

Galician

Noun

calcita f (uncountable)

1. calcite

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calcite (Portugal)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈsi.tɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈsi.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈsi.tɐ/ [kaɫˈsi.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ci‧ta

Noun

calcita f (plural calcitas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (mineralogy) calcite (calcium carbonate mineral)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈθita/ [kal̟ˈθi.t̪a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kalˈsita/ [kalˈsi.t̪a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: cal‧ci‧ta

Noun

calcita f (plural calcitas)

1. (mineralogy) calcite

Further reading

• “calcita”, 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