calacear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kalaθeˈaɾ/ [ka.la.θeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kalaseˈaɾ/ [ka.la.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧ce‧ar

Verb

calacear (first-person singular present calaceo, first-person singular preterite calaceé, past participle calaceado)

1. (transitive, rustic, El Salvador) to chip or nick the blades of a cutting tool

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calacear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calacear
gerund			calaceando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calaceado		calaceada
		plural		calaceados		calaceadas
		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	calaceo	calaceastú calaceásvos	calacea	calaceamos	calaceáis	calacean
	imperfect	calaceaba	calaceabas	calaceaba	calaceábamos	calaceabais	calaceaban
	preterite	calaceé	calaceaste	calaceó	calaceamos	calaceasteis	calacearon
	future	calacearé	calacearás	calaceará	calacearemos	calacearéis	calacearán
	conditional	calacearía	calacearías	calacearía	calacearíamos	calacearíais	calacearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calacee	calaceestú calaceésvos2	calacee	calaceemos	calaceéis	calaceen
	imperfect (ra)	calaceara	calacearas	calaceara	calaceáramos	calacearais	calacearan
	imperfect (se)	calacease	calaceases	calacease	calaceásemos	calaceaseis	calaceasen
	future1	calaceare	calaceares	calaceare	calaceáremos	calaceareis	calacearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calaceatú calaceávos	calacee	calaceemos	calacead	calaceen
	negative		no calacees	no calacee	no calaceemos	no calaceéis	no calaceen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calacear

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 calacear
	dative	calacearme	calacearte	calacearle, calacearse	calacearnos	calacearos	calacearles, calacearse
	accusative	calacearme	calacearte	calacearlo, calacearla, calacearse	calacearnos	calacearos	calacearlos, calacearlas, calacearse
with gerund calaceando
	dative	calaceándome	calaceándote	calaceándole, calaceándose	calaceándonos	calaceándoos	calaceándoles, calaceándose
	accusative	calaceándome	calaceándote	calaceándolo, calaceándola, calaceándose	calaceándonos	calaceándoos	calaceándolos, calaceándolas, calaceándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calacea
	dative	calacéame	calacéate	calacéale	calacéanos	not used	calacéales
	accusative	calacéame	calacéate	calacéalo, calacéala	calacéanos	not used	calacéalos, calacéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calaceá
	dative	calaceame	calaceate	calaceale	calaceanos	not used	calaceales
	accusative	calaceame	calaceate	calacealo, calaceala	calaceanos	not used	calacealos, calacealas
with formal second-person singular imperative calacee
	dative	calacéeme	not used	calacéele, calacéese	calacéenos	not used	calacéeles
	accusative	calacéeme	not used	calacéelo, calacéela, calacéese	calacéenos	not used	calacéelos, calacéelas
with first-person plural imperative calaceemos
	dative	not used	calaceémoste	calaceémosle	calaceémonos	calaceémoos	calaceémosles
	accusative	not used	calaceémoste	calaceémoslo, calaceémosla	calaceémonos	calaceémoos	calaceémoslos, calaceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calacead
	dative	calaceadme	not used	calaceadle	calaceadnos	calaceaos	calaceadles
	accusative	calaceadme	not used	calaceadlo, calaceadla	calaceadnos	calaceaos	calaceadlos, calaceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calaceen
	dative	calacéenme	not used	calacéenle	calacéennos	not used	calacéenles, calacéense
	accusative	calacéenme	not used	calacéenlo, calacéenla	calacéennos	not used	calacéenlos, calacéenlas, calacéense

Further reading

• “calacear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “calacear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010