calificar
Spanish, verb/kalifiˈkaɾ/
calificar is spelled C-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,111th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to qualify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Evaluar o establecer las cualidades o circunstancias de alguien o de algo”.
What does calificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to qualify
- 2
to grade, to mark
- 3
to rate, to score
- 4
to describe, to characterize, to label, to categorize
- 5
to designate (e.g. designate a plot of land for a specific use)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Evaluar o establecer las cualidades o circunstancias de alguien o de algo. 2. Sostener o declarar dicho juicio₁. 3. Valorar los conocimientos demostrados en un examen o ejercicio por un alumno u opositor en un examen. 4. Fijar o señalar a un terreno un uso determinado.
verb: 1. Poseer las cualidades o satisfacer los requisitos para una oferta laboral.
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 calificar
- califico first-person present singular
- califiqué first-person preterite singular
- calificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- calificando gerund
- calificada feminine participle past
- calificados masculine participle past
- calificadas feminine participle past
- calificas indicative informal present
- calificás indicative informal present
- califica indicative present singular
- calificamos first-person indicative plural
- calificáis indicative plural present
- califican indicative plural present
- calificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- calificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- calificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- calificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calificar?
- /kalifiˈkaɾ/
- [ka.li.fiˈkaɾ]
- [kalifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calificar in Spanish?
calificar appears 4.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).