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calar

Spanish, noun/kaˈlaɾ/

calar is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “limestone quarry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Excavación de las cales”.

What does calar mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinelimestone, lime

noun

  1. 1

    masculinelimestone quarry

verb

  1. 1

    to soak

    te cala hasta los huesos

  2. 2

    to pierce with a sharp instrument

  3. 3

    colloquialto rumble, see through (to discover deceitful or underhanded behavior, hidden true motives or mindset)

  4. 4

    to catch on (become fashionable or popular)

  5. 5

    Spainto stall (an engine)

  6. 6

    to put on (clothing)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Penetrar un líquido en un cuerpo permeable. 2. Atravesar un instrumento otro cuerpo de una parte a otra. 3. Agujerear tela, papel, metal, otra materia, de forma que resulte un dibujo parecido al de encaje. 4. Examinar con atención.

verb: 1. Permitir, un cuerpo o un material, que algún líquido lo atraviese o penetre. 2. Llegar a determinada profundidad la parte más baja del casco de un barco. 3. Echar el lance, dejar el copo en el agua.

adjective: 1. Que pertienece a la cal.

noun: 1. Excavación de las cales.

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 calar

  • calares feminine masculine plural
  • calo first-person present singular
  • calé first-person preterite singular
  • calado participle past
  • calando gerund
  • calada feminine participle past
  • calados masculine participle past
  • caladas feminine participle past
  • calas indicative informal present
  • calás indicative informal present
  • cala indicative present singular
  • calamos first-person indicative plural
  • caláis indicative plural present
  • calan indicative plural present
  • calaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • calabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • calábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • calabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce calar?

  • /kaˈlaɾ/
  • [kaˈlaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is calar in Spanish?

calar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).