calcular

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

calcular (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Relating to a calculus.

   a calcular deposit

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculāre. By surface analysis, càlcul +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəl.kuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kal.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

calcular (first-person singular present calculo, first-person singular preterite calculí, past participle calculat)

1. (transitive) to calculate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcular (first conjugation)

infinitive			calcular
gerund			calculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calculat		calculada
		plural		calculats		calculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calculo	calcules	calcula	calculem	calculeu	calculen
	imperfect	calculava	calculaves	calculava	calculàvem	calculàveu	calculaven
	future	calcularé	calcularàs	calcularà	calcularem	calculareu	calcularan
	preterite	calculí	calculares	calculà	calculàrem	calculàreu	calcularen
	conditional	calcularia	calcularies	calcularia	calcularíem	calcularíeu	calcularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	calculi	calculis	calculi	calculem	calculeu	calculin
	imperfect	calculés	calculessis	calculés	calculéssim	calculéssiu	calculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	calcula	calculi	calculem	calculeu	calculin
	negative (no)	—	no calculis	no calculi	no calculem	no calculeu	no calculin

Derived terms

• calculable

Related terms

• càlcul
• calculació
• calculador

 

Further reading

• “calcular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “calcular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calcular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “calcular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calculō, calculāre.

Verb

calcular (first-person singular present calculo, first-person singular preterite calculei, past participle calculado)

1. to calculate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcular

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calcular
Personal	calcular	calculares	calcular	calcularmos	calculardes	calcularen
Gerund
	calculando
Past participle
Masculine	calculado			calculados
Feminine	calculada			calculadas
Indicative
Present	calculo	calculas	calcula	calculamos	calculades	calculan
Imperfect	calculaba	calculabas	calculaba	calculabamos	calculabades	calculaban
Preterite	calculei	calculaches	calculou	calculamos	calculastes	calcularon
Pluperfect	calculara	calcularas	calculara	calcularamos	calcularades	calcularan
Future	calcularei	calcularás	calculará	calcularemos	calcularedes	calcularán
Conditional	calcularía	calcularías	calcularía	calculariamos	calculariades	calcularían
Subjunctive
Present	calcule	calcules	calcule	calculemos	calculedes	calculen
Imperfect	calculase	calculases	calculase	calculásemos	calculásedes	calculasen
Future	calcular	calculares	calcular	calcularmos	calculardes	calcularen
Imperative
Affirmative		calcula	calcule	calculemos	calculade	calculen
Negative (non)		non calcules	non calcule	non calculemos	non calculedes	non calculen

    Reintegrated conjugation of calcular (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calcular
Personal	calcular	calculares	calcular	calcularmos	calculardes	calcularem
Gerund
	calculando
Past participle
Masculine	calculado			calculados
Feminine	calculada			calculadas
Indicative
Present	calculo	calculas	calcula	calculamos	calculades, calculais	calculam
Imperfect	calculava	calculavas	calculava	calculávamos	calculávades, calculáveis, calculávais1	calculavam
Preterite	calculei	calculaste, calculache1	calculou	calculamos	calculastes	calculárom, calcularam
Pluperfect	calculara	calcularas	calculara	calculáramos	calculárades, calculáreis, calculárais1	calcularam
Future	calcularei	calcularás	calculará	calcularemos	calcularedes, calculareis	calcularám, calcularão
Conditional	calcularia	calcularias	calcularia	calcularíamos	calcularíades, calcularíeis, calcularíais1	calculariam
Subjunctive
Present	calcule	calcules	calcule	calculemos	calculedes, calculeis	calculem
Imperfect	calculasse	calculasses	calculasse	calculássemos	calculássedes, calculásseis	calculassem
Future	calcular	calculares	calcular	calcularmos	calculardes	calcularem
Imperative
Affirmative		calcula	calcule	calculemos	calculade, calculai	calculem
Negative (nom)		nom calcules	nom calcule	nom calculemos	nom calculedes, nom calculeis	nom calculem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• calculación
• calculador
• cálculo

 

Further reading

• “calcular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “calcular” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin calculāre, from calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaw.kuˈla(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaw.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaw.kuˈla(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.kuˈlaɾ/ [kaɫ.kuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.kuˈlaɾ/ [kaɫ.kuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kal.kuˈla.ɾi/ [kaɫ.kuˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: cal‧cu‧lar

Verb

calcular (first-person singular present calculo, first-person singular preterite calculei, past participle calculado)

1. (transitive, mathematics) calculate (determine value)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calcular
Personal	calcular	calculares	calcular	calcularmos	calculardes	calcularem
Gerund
	calculando
Past participle
Masculine	calculado			calculados
Feminine	calculada			calculadas
Indicative
Present	calculo	calculas	calcula	calculamos	calculais	calculam
Imperfect	calculava	calculavas	calculava	calculávamos	calculáveis	calculavam
Preterite	calculei	calculaste	calculou	calculamos1, calculámos2	calculastes	calcularam
Pluperfect	calculara	calcularas	calculara	calculáramos	calculáreis	calcularam
Future	calcularei	calcularás	calculará	calcularemos	calculareis	calcularão
Conditional	calcularia	calcularias	calcularia	calcularíamos	calcularíeis	calculariam
Subjunctive
Present	calcule	calcules	calcule	calculemos	calculeis	calculem
Imperfect	calculasse	calculasses	calculasse	calculássemos	calculásseis	calculassem
Future	calcular	calculares	calcular	calcularmos	calculardes	calcularem
Imperative
Affirmative		calcula	calcule	calculemos	calculai	calculem
Negative (não)		não calcules	não calcule	não calculemos	não calculeis	não calculem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:calcular.

Derived terms

• recalcular

Related terms

• calculação
• calculador
• calculadora
• cálculo

 

See also

• matemática

Further reading

• “calcular”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “calcular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “calcular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “calcular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “calcular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “calcular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Romansch

Alternative forms

• calculer (Puter)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculō, calculāre (“calculate”), from calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).

Verb

calcular

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) to calculate

Derived terms

• calculader (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan)
• calculatour (Surmiran)
• calculatur (Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader)

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalkuˈlaɾ/ [kal.kuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cal‧cu‧lar

Verb

calcular (first-person singular present calculo, first-person singular preterite calculé, past participle calculado)

1. (transitive) to calculate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calcular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calcular
gerund			calculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calculado		calculada
		plural		calculados		calculadas
		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	calculo	calculastú calculásvos	calcula	calculamos	calculáis	calculan
	imperfect	calculaba	calculabas	calculaba	calculábamos	calculabais	calculaban
	preterite	calculé	calculaste	calculó	calculamos	calculasteis	calcularon
	future	calcularé	calcularás	calculará	calcularemos	calcularéis	calcularán
	conditional	calcularía	calcularías	calcularía	calcularíamos	calcularíais	calcularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calcule	calculestú calculésvos2	calcule	calculemos	calculéis	calculen
	imperfect (ra)	calculara	calcularas	calculara	calculáramos	calcularais	calcularan
	imperfect (se)	calculase	calculases	calculase	calculásemos	calculaseis	calculasen
	future1	calculare	calculares	calculare	calculáremos	calculareis	calcularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calculatú calculávos	calcule	calculemos	calculad	calculen
	negative		no calcules	no calcule	no calculemos	no calculéis	no calculen

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

    Selected combined forms of calcular

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 calcular
	dative	calcularme	calcularte	calcularle, calcularse	calcularnos	calcularos	calcularles, calcularse
	accusative	calcularme	calcularte	calcularlo, calcularla, calcularse	calcularnos	calcularos	calcularlos, calcularlas, calcularse
with gerund calculando
	dative	calculándome	calculándote	calculándole, calculándose	calculándonos	calculándoos	calculándoles, calculándose
	accusative	calculándome	calculándote	calculándolo, calculándola, calculándose	calculándonos	calculándoos	calculándolos, calculándolas, calculándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calcula
	dative	calcúlame	calcúlate	calcúlale	calcúlanos	not used	calcúlales
	accusative	calcúlame	calcúlate	calcúlalo, calcúlala	calcúlanos	not used	calcúlalos, calcúlalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calculá
	dative	calculame	calculate	calculale	calculanos	not used	calculales
	accusative	calculame	calculate	calculalo, calculala	calculanos	not used	calculalos, calculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative calcule
	dative	calcúleme	not used	calcúlele, calcúlese	calcúlenos	not used	calcúleles
	accusative	calcúleme	not used	calcúlelo, calcúlela, calcúlese	calcúlenos	not used	calcúlelos, calcúlelas
with first-person plural imperative calculemos
	dative	not used	calculémoste	calculémosle	calculémonos	calculémoos	calculémosles
	accusative	not used	calculémoste	calculémoslo, calculémosla	calculémonos	calculémoos	calculémoslos, calculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calculad
	dative	calculadme	not used	calculadle	calculadnos	calculaos	calculadles
	accusative	calculadme	not used	calculadlo, calculadla	calculadnos	calculaos	calculadlos, calculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calculen
	dative	calcúlenme	not used	calcúlenle	calcúlennos	not used	calcúlenles, calcúlense
	accusative	calcúlenme	not used	calcúlenlo, calcúlenla	calcúlennos	not used	calcúlenlos, calcúlenlas, calcúlense

Derived terms

• calculable
• recalcular

 

Related terms

• calculación
• calculador
• cálculo

 

Further reading

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