calificado

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élis

Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂élis?

Proto-Italic *kʷālis

Latin quālis

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *θakos

Proto-Italic *-fakos

Latin -ficus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -ficō

Medieval Latin quālificāreder.

Spanish calificar

Spanish calificado

Past participle of calificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalifiˈkado/ [ka.li.fiˈka.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧fi‧ca‧do

Adjective

calificado (feminine calificada, masculine plural calificados, feminine plural calificadas)

1. qualified

   Synonym: preparado

Derived terms

• inmunidad calificada
• sobrecalificado

Participle

calificado (feminine calificada, masculine plural calificados, feminine plural calificadas)

1. past participle of calificar

Further reading

• “calificado”, 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