recalar
Spanish, verb/rekaˈlaɾ/
recalar is spelled R-E-C-A-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reach land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Penetrar poco a poco un líquido por los poros de un cuerpo seco, dejándolo húmedo o mojado”.
What does recalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reach land
- 2
to appear
- 3
to arrive
- 4
to end up; wind up
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Penetrar poco a poco un líquido por los poros de un cuerpo seco, dejándolo húmedo o mojado.
verb: 1. Llegar el buque, después de una navegación, a la vista de un punto conocido. 2. Llegar el viento o la mar al punto en que se halla un buque o a otro cualquiera determinado.
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 recalar
- recalo first-person present singular
- recalé first-person preterite singular
- recalado participle past
- recalando gerund
- recalada feminine participle past
- recalados masculine participle past
- recaladas feminine participle past
- recalas indicative informal present
- recalás indicative informal present
- recala indicative present singular
- recalamos first-person indicative plural
- recaláis indicative plural present
- recalan indicative plural present
- recalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recalabais imperfect indicative plural
- recalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recalar?
- /rekaˈlaɾ/
- [re.kaˈlaɾ]
- [rekaˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recalar in Spanish?
recalar 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).