calettare
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, perhaps related to calare.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]calettàre (first-person singular present calétto, first-person singular past historic calettài, past participle calettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to join (two pieces) together precisely (as a key fits in a lock)
- (intransitive) to fit together precisely [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of calettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
[edit]- caletta (“dovetail joint”)
- calettato
- calettatura