calcário
Portuguese, noun/kawˈka.ɾju/
calcário is spelled C-A-L-C-Á-R-I-O (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 25,925th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calcário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “limestone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a cálcio ou aquilo que o contém”.
What does calcário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelimestone
adjective
- 1
limestone
- 2
calcareous, chalky
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relativo a cálcio ou aquilo que o contém
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of calcário
- calcários plural
- calcária feminine
- calcárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calcário?
- Brazil /kawˈka.ɾju/
- Brazil [kaʊ̯ˈka.ɾju]
- Portugal /kalˈka.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calcário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calcário in Portuguese?
calcário appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).