calificar

Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin quālificāre, 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)

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

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			calificar
gerund			calificando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calificado		calificada
		plural		calificados		calificadas
		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	calificas^{^tú} calificás^{^vos}	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	califiques^{^tú} califiqués^{^vos²}	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		califica^{^tú} calificá^{^vos}	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
with infinitive calificar	accusative	calificarme	calificarte	calificarlo, calificarla, calificarse	calificarnos	calificaros	calificarlos, calificarlas, calificarse

with gerund calificando	dative	calificándome	calificándote	calificándole, calificándose	calificándonos	calificándoos	calificándoles, calificándose
with gerund calificando	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
with informal second-person singular tú imperative califica	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
with formal second-person singular imperative califique	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
with first-person plural imperative califiquemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative calificad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative califiquen	accusative	califíquenme	not used	califíquenlo, califíquenla	califíquennos	not used	califíquenlos, califíquenlas, califíquense

Derived terms

Related terms

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