calar

From Latin calō, chalō.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈla/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈlaɾ/

calar (first-person singular present calo, past participle calat)

1. (transitive) to soak, to drench
2. (transitive) to set, to light (a fire)

   calar foc a ― to set fire to

3. (reflexive) to stall (of an engine: to stop suddenly)
4. (transitive) to stall (to cause the engine of a manual-transmission car to stop)

• “calar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “calar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “calar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

calar (plural calar-calar, first-person possessive calarku, second-person possessive calarmu, third-person possessive calarnya)

1. scratch

   Kulitnya tertutupi oleh calar-calar kecil.

   Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.

   Synonym: baret

from calare

calar m (invariable)

1. setting (of a heavenly body)

• calar del sole - sunset
• calar della luna - moonset

• Carla
• Clara

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *calāre or *callāre, from Latin chalāre, present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

calar

1. to shut up (prevent from speaking)

From Vulgar Latin *calāre or *callāre, from Latin chalāre, present active infinitive of chalō, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈla(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈlaɾ/

calar (first-person singular present indicative calo, past participle calado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shut up (to stop talking)
2. (transitive) to shut up (to stop someone from talking or something from making noise)

• (to stop from talking or making noise): silenciar

• calado
• calar a boca
• caluda

From cal (“lime”), from Latin calx.

calar (plural calares)

1. of or pertaining to limestone or lime

• calizo

calar m (plural calares)

1. limestone quarry

• calizo

Latin chalāre (“to descend”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

calar (first-person singular present calo, first-person singular preterite calé, past participle calado)

1. (of a liquid) to soak

   te cala hasta los huesos

   it soaks you to the bone

2. to pierce with a sharp instrument
3. (colloquial) to rumble, see through (to discover deceitful or underhanded behavior, hidden true motives or mindset)
4. to catch on (become fashionable or popular)
5. (reflexive, calarse) To put on (clothing)

• cala
• calado

• “calar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.