calcar
Spanish, noun/kalˈkaɾ/
calcar is spelled C-A-L-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “calcar (a spur-like projection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does calcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trace, copy (copy by means of carbon paper or tracing paper)
- 2
to trample
noun
- 1
masculinecalcar (a spur-like projection)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer copia de un dibujo o un escrito trasladando su contorno sobre un papel o una tela translúcida que se colocan encima 2. Imitar, copiar con exactitud
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 calcar
- calco first-person present singular
- calqué first-person preterite singular
- calcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- calcando gerund
- calcada feminine participle past
- calcados masculine participle past
- calcadas feminine participle past
- calcas indicative informal present
- calcás indicative informal present
- calca indicative present singular
- calcamos first-person indicative plural
- calcáis indicative plural present
- calcan indicative plural present
- calcaba first-person imperfect indicative
- calcabas imperfect indicative second-person
- calcábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- calcabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcar?
- /kalˈkaɾ/
- [kalˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calcar in Spanish?
calcar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).