caliza
Spanish, noun/kaˈliθa/
caliza is spelled C-A-L-I-Z-A (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,055th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caliza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “limestone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of calizo. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Roca sedimentaria porosa de origen químico, formada mineralógicamente por carbonatos, principalmente…”.
What does caliza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelimestone
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of calizo
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Roca sedimentaria porosa de origen químico, formada mineralógicamente por carbonatos, principalmente carbonato de calcio.
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 caliza
- calizas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caliza?
- /kaˈliθa/
- [kaˈli.θa]
- /kaˈlisa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caliza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caliza in Spanish?
caliza appears 2.6 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).