calidad
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
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Spanish calidad
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin quālitātem. Doublet of cualidad.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]calidad f (plural calidades)
Usage notes
[edit]Not to be confused with cualidad. While both words are cognate to English quality, their meanings are separate:
- calidad refers to the degree of excellence or standard of something.
- cualidad refers to a characteristic, trait or attribute that something possesses.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “calidad”, 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
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