Jump to content

calvar

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Latin

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

calvar

  1. first-person singular future active indicative of calvor

Middle English

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

calvar

  1. Alternative form of calver

Portuguese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From calvo (balding man) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
 

Verb

[edit]

calvar (first-person singular present calvo, first-person singular preterite calvei, past participle calvado)

  1. (intransitive) to become balding
    Synonym: calvejar
  2. (Brazil, by extension, humorous, transitive) to make appear to be balding
    Fulano me calvou enquanto eu tava dormindo! Que merda de pegadinha de 1º de abril!
    So-and-so shaved the top of my head while I was asleep! What a shitty April Fools' prank!
    Quando meu melhor amigo passou na facul, eu calvei ele pra comemorar!
    When my friend got into that uni, I shaved the top of his head to celebrate!
    Filhos da puta, entraram na minha casa, calvaram meu gato...
    Motherfuckers, they broke into my home and shaved the top of my cat's head...

Conjugation

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]

Romanian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from French calvaire.

Noun

[edit]

calvar n (plural calvaruri)

  1. calvary

Declension

[edit]
Declension of calvar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative calvar calvarul calvare calvarele
genitive-dative calvar calvarului calvare calvarelor
vocative calvarule calvarelor