calan
Spanish, verb[kaˈlãn]
calan is spelled C-A-L-A-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calan is a Spanish verb meaning “third-person plural present indicative of calar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does calan mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person plural present indicative of calar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (nombre científico requerido) Árbol hondureño de la familia de las rubiáceas, de hasta 20 m de altura, distinguido por los abundantes lóbulos grandes del cáliz, que se asemejan a un manto denso de flores blancas. Su madera rojiza se utiliza en la fabricación de arcos, por su flexibilidad y resistencia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calan
- calanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calan?
- [kaˈlãn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is calan in Spanish?
calan appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).