calar

See also: cãlar and çalar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin chalāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kaˈla]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (transitive, archaic) to lower
2. (transitive, nautical) to lower (sails, masts, ships, nets, etc.)
3. (transitive) to soak, to drench
4. (transitive) to insert, to fit together
5. (transitive) to set, to light (a fire)

   calar foc a ― to set fire to

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

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of calar (first conjugation)

infinitive	calar
gerund	calant
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	calat	calada
plural	calats	calades
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
present	calo	cales	cala	calem	caleu	calen
imperfect	calava	calaves	calava	calàvem	calàveu	calaven
future	calaré	calaràs	calarà	calarem	calareu	calaran
preterite	calí	calares	calà	calàrem	calàreu	calaren
conditional	calaria	calaries	calaria	calaríem	calaríeu	calarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
present	cali	calis	cali	calem	caleu	calin
imperfect	calés	calessis	calés	caléssim	caléssiu	calessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
affirmative	—	cala	cali	calem	caleu	calin
negative (no)	—	no calis	no cali	no calem	no caleu	no calin

Synonyms

• (lower): baixar
• (lower (sails)): arriar
• (soak): penetrar

Derived terms

• acalar
• cala
• calada
• calador
• calament
• calat
• calatge

Further reading

• “calar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “calar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “calar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “calar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō). Cognate with Portuguese calar and Spanish callar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlaɾ/ [kɑˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧lar

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to shut up; to be silent

   Calen barbas e falen cartas. (idiom) ― Let the beards [people] be silent and the charters [deeds] speak.

   • 1405, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 227:

     Et as ditas persoas et coengos respondendo ao dito testemoyo et requerimento que contra elles tomaron os ditos omes moradores en Çesuras et en Çonay sobre rason da dita carta do dito corregidor diseron que a dita carta era de obedesçer et non de conprir por moytas rasoes a primeira por quanto a dita carta foy gaanada calada a uerdade et espremida a falsidade por quanto o dito Garçia Sanches nunca deu tal sentença commo os ditos moradores de Çesuras et de Çonan disen nen se prouaria que y ouuese libelo posto nen pleito concluso nen dia asignado para dar sentença por lo qual a dita carta non era de conprir nen a dita sentença non aueria efecto.

     and said persons and canons, answering that testimony and requirement that against them gave said inhabitants of Cesuras and Zonán, on account of said magistrate's charter, said that the aforementioned charter was of obey but do not fulfil [non executive] for a number of reasons; the first one, because that deed was acquired by silencing the truth and expressing falsehood, because said García Sánchez never gave such a sentence as the inhabitants of Cesuras and Zonán say, nor it could be proven that there were a posted libel, nor a concluded lawsuit, nor a day assigned for giving the sentence, therefore that charter was non executive, nor said sentence could have any effect

2. (nautical, transitive) to sink, submerge
3. (nautical, transitive) to touch the bottom
4. (transitive) to fathom; to probe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calar

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calar
Personal	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calaren
Gerund
	calando
Past participle
Masculine	calado	calados
Feminine	calada	caladas
Indicative
Present	calo	calas	cala	calamos	calades	calan
Imperfect	calaba	calabas	calaba	calabamos	calabades	calaban
Preterite	calei	calaches	calou	calamos	calastes	calaron
Pluperfect	calara	calaras	calara	calaramos	calarades	calaran
Future	calarei	calarás	calará	calaremos	calaredes	calarán
Conditional	calaría	calarías	calaría	calariamos	calariades	calarían
Subjunctive
Present	cale	cales	cale	calemos	caledes	calen
Imperfect	calase	calases	calase	calásemos	calásedes	calasen
Future	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cala	cale	calemos	calade	calen
Negative (non)	non cales	non cale	non calemos	non caledes	non calen

    Reintegrated conjugation of calar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calar
Personal	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Gerund
	calando
Past participle
Masculine	calado	calados
Feminine	calada	caladas
Indicative
Present	calo	calas	cala	calamos	calades, calais	calam
Imperfect	calava	calavas	calava	calávamos	calávades, caláveis, calávais1	calavam
Preterite	calei	calaste, calache1	calou	calamos	calastes	calárom, calaram
Pluperfect	calara	calaras	calara	caláramos	calárades, caláreis, calárais1	calaram
Future	calarei	calarás	calará	calaremos	calaredes, calareis	calarám, calarão
Conditional	calaria	calarias	calaria	calaríamos	calaríades, calaríeis, calaríais1	calariam
Subjunctive
Present	cale	cales	cale	calemos	caledes, caleis	calem
Imperfect	calasse	calasses	calasse	calássemos	calássedes, calásseis	calassem
Future	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cala	cale	calemos	calade, calai	calem
Negative (nom)	nom cales	nom cale	nom calemos	nom caledes, nom caleis	nom calem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• calado

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “calar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “calar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “calar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃa.lar/, [ˈt͡ʃa.lar]

Noun

calar (plural calar-calar)

1. scratch

   Synonym: baret

   Kulitnya tertutupi oleh calar-calar kecil.

   Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.

Derived terms

• bercalar
• calar-balar
• mencalarkan
• pencalaran
• tercalar

Further reading

• “calar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: ca‧làr

Verb

calar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of calare

Anagrams

• Carla, Clara

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

calar

1. to shut up (prevent from speaking)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

	simple	compound
infinitive	calar	aver calat
gerund	calant	use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle	calat	—
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
present	cali	calas	cala	calam	calatz	calan
imperfect	calavi	calavas	calava	calàvem	calàvetz	calavan
preterite	calèri	calères	calèt	calèrem	calèretz	calèron
future	calarai	calaràs	calarà	calarem	calaretz	calaràn
conditional	calariái	calariás	calariá	calariam	calariatz	calarián
conditional 2nd form1	calèra	calèras	calèra	caleram	caleratz	calèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
present	cale	cales	cale	calem	caletz	calen
imperfect	calèssi	calèsses	calèsse	calèssem	calèssetz	calèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative	—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
	cala		calem	calatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

	simple	compound
infinitive	calar	aver calat
gerund	calant	use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle	calat	—
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
present	cale	cales	cala	calam	calatz	calon
imperfect	calave	calaves	calava	calaviam	calaviatz	calavon
preterite	calere	caleres	calet	calem	caletz	caleron
future	calarai	calaràs	calará	calarem	calaretz	calarán
conditional	calariá	calariás	calariá	calariam	calariatz	calarián
conditional 2nd form1	calèra	calèras	calèra	caleram	caleratz	calèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
present	cale	cales	cale	calassiam	calassiatz	calon
imperfect	calesse	calesses	calesse	calessiam	calessiatz	calesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative	—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
	cala		calassiam	calatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

	simple	compound
infinitive	calar	aver calat
gerund	calant	use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle	calat	—
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
present	cali	calas	cala	calam	calatz	calan
imperfect	calavi	calavas	calava	calàvam	calàvatz	calavan
preterite	calèi	calès	calè	calèm	calètz	calèn
future	calarèi	calaràs	calarà	calaram	calaratz	calaràn
conditional	calarí	calarés	calaré	calarem	calaretz	calarén
conditional 2nd form1	calèra	calèras	calèra	caleram	caleratz	calèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
present	cali	cales	cale	calem	caletz	calen
imperfect	calèssi	calèsses	calèsse	calèssem	calèssetz	calèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative	—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
	cala		calem	calatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

	simple	compound
infinitive	calar	aver calat
gerund	calant	use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle	calat	—
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
present	cale	calas	cala	calam	calatz	calan
imperfect	calava	calavas	calava	calàvam	calàvatz	calavan
preterite	calei	caleras	calet	calèram	calèratz	caleran
future	calarai	calaràs	calará	calarem	calaretz	calarán
conditional	calariá	calariàs	calariá	calariam	calariatz	calarián
conditional 2nd form1	calèra	calèras	calèra	caleram	caleratz	calèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
present	cale	cales	cale	calem	caletz	calen
imperfect	calèsse	calèsses	calèsse	calèssem	calèssetz	calèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative	—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
	cala		calem	calatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

	simple	compound
infinitive	calar	aver calat
gerund	calant	use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle	calat	—
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
present	cale	cales	cala	calam	calatz	calan
imperfect	calavi	calavas	calava	calàvem	calàvetz	calavan
preterite	calère	calères	calèt	caleriam	caleriatz	calèron
future	calarai	calaràs	calarà	calarem	calaretz	calaràn
conditional	calariáu	calariás	calariá	calariam	calariatz	calarián
conditional 2nd form1	calèra	calèras	calèra	caleram	caleratz	calèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
present	cale	cales	cale	calem	caletz	calan
imperfect	calèsse	calèsses	calèsse	calessiam	calessiatz	calèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative	—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
	cala		calem	calatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *callāre, from Latin chalāre, from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ʁ)/ [kaˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kaˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ca‧lar

Verb

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

1. (pronominal) to shut up (to stop talking)
2. (transitive) to shut up (to stop someone from talking or something from making noise)

   Synonym: silenciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular	Plural
First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calar
Personal	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Gerund
	calando
Past participle
Masculine	calado	calados
Feminine	calada	caladas
Indicative
Present	calo	calas	cala	calamos	calais	calam
Imperfect	calava	calavas	calava	calávamos	caláveis	calavam
Preterite	calei	calaste	calou	calamos1, calámos2	calastes	calaram
Pluperfect	calara	calaras	calara	caláramos	caláreis	calaram
Future	calarei	calarás	calará	calaremos	calareis	calarão
Conditional	calaria	calarias	calaria	calaríamos	calaríeis	calariam
Subjunctive
Present	cale	cales	cale	calemos	caleis	calem
Imperfect	calasse	calasses	calasse	calássemos	calásseis	calassem
Future	calar	calares	calar	calarmos	calardes	calarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cala	cale	calemos	calai	calem
Negative (não)	não cales	não cale	não calemos	não caleis	não calem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• calado
• calar a boca
• caluda

Further reading

• “calar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “calar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “calar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “calar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “calar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “calar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlaɾ/ [kaˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧lar

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin calx

Vulgar Latin cals

Spanish cal

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish calar

From cal (“lime”) + -ar.

Adjective

calar m or f (masculine and feminine plural calares)

1. (relational) limestone, lime

   Synonym: calizo

Noun

calar m (plural calares)

1. limestone quarry

Related terms

• calizo

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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, Spain) to stall (an engine)
6. (reflexive) to put on (clothing)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	calar
gerund	calando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	calado	calada
plural	calados	caladas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	calo	calastú calásvos	cala	calamos	caláis	calan
imperfect	calaba	calabas	calaba	calábamos	calabais	calaban
preterite	calé	calaste	caló	calamos	calasteis	calaron
future	calaré	calarás	calará	calaremos	calaréis	calarán
conditional	calaría	calarías	calaría	calaríamos	calaríais	calarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	cale	calestú calésvos2	cale	calemos	caléis	calen
imperfect (ra)	calara	calaras	calara	caláramos	calarais	calaran
imperfect (se)	calase	calases	calase	calásemos	calaseis	calasen
future1	calare	calares	calare	caláremos	calareis	calaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		calatú calávos	cale	calemos	calad	calen
negative		no cales	no cale	no calemos	no caléis	no calen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive calar	dative	calarme	calarte	calarle, calarse	calarnos	calaros	calarles, calarse
accusative	calarme	calarte	calarlo, calarla, calarse	calarnos	calaros	calarlos, calarlas, calarse
with gerund calando	dative	calándome	calándote	calándole, calándose	calándonos	calándoos	calándoles, calándose
accusative	calándome	calándote	calándolo, calándola, calándose	calándonos	calándoos	calándolos, calándolas, calándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cala	dative	cálame	cálate	cálale	cálanos	not used	cálales
accusative	cálame	cálate	cálalo, cálala	cálanos	not used	cálalos, cálalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative calá	dative	calame	calate	calale	calanos	not used	calales
accusative	calame	calate	calalo, calala	calanos	not used	calalos, calalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cale	dative	cáleme	not used	cálele, cálese	cálenos	not used	cáleles
accusative	cáleme	not used	cálelo, cálela, cálese	cálenos	not used	cálelos, cálelas
with first-person plural imperative calemos	dative	not used	calémoste	calémosle	calémonos	calémoos	calémosles
accusative	not used	calémoste	calémoslo, calémosla	calémonos	calémoos	calémoslos, calémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calad	dative	caladme	not used	caladle	caladnos	calaos	caladles
accusative	caladme	not used	caladlo, caladla	caladnos	calaos	caladlos, caladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calen	dative	cálenme	not used	cálenle	cálennos	not used	cálenles, cálense
accusative	cálenme	not used	cálenlo, cálenla	cálennos	not used	cálenlos, cálenlas, cálense

    Conjugation of calarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	calarse
gerund	calándose
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	calado	calada
plural	calados	caladas
	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
infinitive	calarme	calarte	calarse	calarnos	calaros	calarse
gerund	calándome	calándote	calándose	calándonos	calándoos	calándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	me calo	te calastú te calásvos	se cala	nos calamos	os caláis	se calan
imperfect	me calaba	te calabas	se calaba	nos calábamos	os calabais	se calaban
preterite	me calé	te calaste	se caló	nos calamos	os calasteis	se calaron
future	me calaré	te calarás	se calará	nos calaremos	os calaréis	se calarán
conditional	me calaría	te calarías	se calaría	nos calaríamos	os calaríais	se calarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	me cale	te calestú te calésvos2	se cale	nos calemos	os caléis	se calen
imperfect (ra)	me calara	te calaras	se calara	nos caláramos	os calarais	se calaran
imperfect (se)	me calase	te calases	se calase	nos calásemos	os calaseis	se calasen
future1	me calare	te calares	se calare	nos caláremos	os calareis	se calaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		cálatetú calatevos	cálese	calémonos	calaos	cálense
negative		no te cales	no se cale	no nos calemos	no os caléis	no se calen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• calabobos
• caladero
• calar hondo

Related terms

• cala
• calado

Further reading

• “calar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025