calificar

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quālificāre, present active infinitive of quālificō, from quālis +‎ -ficō. Cognate with English qualify.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalifiˈkaɾ/ [ka.li.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧fi‧car

Verb

calificar (first-person singular present califico, first-person singular preterite califiqué, past participle calificado)

1. to qualify
2. to grade, to mark
3. to rate, to score
4. to describe, to characterize, to label, to categorize
5. to designate (e.g. designate a plot of land for a specific use)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calificar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calificar
gerund			calificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calificado		calificada
		plural		calificados		calificadas
		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	califico	calificastú calificásvos	califica	calificamos	calificáis	califican
	imperfect	calificaba	calificabas	calificaba	calificábamos	calificabais	calificaban
	preterite	califiqué	calificaste	calificó	calificamos	calificasteis	calificaron
	future	calificaré	calificarás	calificará	calificaremos	calificaréis	calificarán
	conditional	calificaría	calificarías	calificaría	calificaríamos	calificaríais	calificarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	califique	califiquestú califiquésvos2	califique	califiquemos	califiquéis	califiquen
	imperfect (ra)	calificara	calificaras	calificara	calificáramos	calificarais	calificaran
	imperfect (se)	calificase	calificases	calificase	calificásemos	calificaseis	calificasen
	future1	calificare	calificares	calificare	calificáremos	calificareis	calificaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calificatú calificávos	califique	califiquemos	calificad	califiquen
	negative		no califiques	no califique	no califiquemos	no califiquéis	no califiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of calificar (c-qu alternation)

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 calificar
	dative	calificarme	calificarte	calificarle, calificarse	calificarnos	calificaros	calificarles, calificarse
	accusative	calificarme	calificarte	calificarlo, calificarla, calificarse	calificarnos	calificaros	calificarlos, calificarlas, calificarse
with gerund calificando
	dative	calificándome	calificándote	calificándole, calificándose	calificándonos	calificándoos	calificándoles, calificándose
	accusative	calificándome	calificándote	calificándolo, calificándola, calificándose	calificándonos	calificándoos	calificándolos, calificándolas, calificándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative califica
	dative	califícame	califícate	califícale	califícanos	not used	califícales
	accusative	califícame	califícate	califícalo, califícala	califícanos	not used	califícalos, califícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calificá
	dative	calificame	calificate	calificale	calificanos	not used	calificales
	accusative	calificame	calificate	calificalo, calificala	calificanos	not used	calificalos, calificalas
with formal second-person singular imperative califique
	dative	califíqueme	not used	califíquele, califíquese	califíquenos	not used	califíqueles
	accusative	califíqueme	not used	califíquelo, califíquela, califíquese	califíquenos	not used	califíquelos, califíquelas
with first-person plural imperative califiquemos
	dative	not used	califiquémoste	califiquémosle	califiquémonos	califiquémoos	califiquémosles
	accusative	not used	califiquémoste	califiquémoslo, califiquémosla	califiquémonos	califiquémoos	califiquémoslos, califiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calificad
	dative	calificadme	not used	calificadle	calificadnos	calificaos	calificadles
	accusative	calificadme	not used	calificadlo, calificadla	calificadnos	calificaos	calificadlos, calificadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative califiquen
	dative	califíquenme	not used	califíquenle	califíquennos	not used	califíquenles, califíquense
	accusative	califíquenme	not used	califíquenlo, califíquenla	califíquennos	not used	califíquenlos, califíquenlas, califíquense

Derived terms

• calificado
• calificativo

 

Related terms

• calificación

 

Further reading

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