recalcar
Spanish, verb/rekalˈkaɾ/
recalcar is spelled R-E-C-A-L-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recalcar is a Spanish verb meaning “to stress; to emphasize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ajustar, apretar mucho una cosa con otra o sobre otra”.
What does recalcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stress; to emphasize
- 2
colloquialto drum (review to establish memorization)
- 3
to fill completely
- 4
to stretch, to distend
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ajustar, apretar mucho una cosa con otra o sobre otra. 2. Llenar mucho de una cosa un receptáculo, apretándola para que quepa más cantidad de ella. 3. Tratándose de palabras, decirlas con lentitud y exagerada fuerza de expresión para que no pueda quedar duda alguna acerca de lo que con ellas quiere darse a entender. 4. Machacar o golpear una pieza.
verb: 1. Aumentar el buque su inclinación o escora sobre la máxima de un balance, a consecuencia de una nueva racha de viento, o de la salida de las olas hacia sotavento.
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 recalcar
- recalco first-person present singular
- recalqué first-person preterite singular
- recalcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- recalcando gerund
- recalcada feminine participle past
- recalcados masculine participle past
- recalcadas feminine participle past
- recalcas indicative informal present
- recalcás indicative informal present
- recalca indicative present singular
- recalcamos first-person indicative plural
- recalcáis indicative plural present
- recalcan indicative plural present
- recalcaba first-person imperfect indicative
- recalcabas imperfect indicative second-person
- recalcábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- recalcabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recalcar?
- /rekalˈkaɾ/
- [re.kalˈkaɾ]
- [rekalˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recalcar in Spanish?
recalcar appears 1.6 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).