calcificar

Catalan

Etymology

From calci +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəl.si.fiˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [kal.si.fiˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Hyphenation: cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiquí, past participle calcificat)

  1. (transitive, inorganic chemistry) to calcify (to convert into insoluble calcium salts)
  2. (transitive, inorganic chemistry) to calcify (to cause the accumulation of calcium salts in a tissue, in an organ, in a duct)
  3. (intransitive or pronominal, inorganic chemistry) to calcify
    • 2002, Manuel Sanchis-Guarner Cabanilles, Patologia quirúrgica osteoarticular: Generalitats[1], →ISBN, page 208:
      Es formen grans masses d'osteoide que no s'arriben a calcificar, i això té com a conseqüència l'aparició de calls exuberants []
      Large masses of osteoid are formed that do not calcify, and this results in the appearance of exuberant calluses []

Conjugation

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From calcio +‎ -ificar.

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiquei, past participle calcificado)

  1. to calcify

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From cálcio +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaw.si.fiˈka(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯.si.fiˈka(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kal.si.fiˈkaɾ/ [kaɫ.si.fiˈkaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kal.si.fiˈka.ɾi/ [kaɫ.si.fiˈka.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiquei, past participle calcificado)

  1. to calcify

Conjugation

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From calcio +‎ -ificar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalθifiˈkaɾ/ [kal̟.θi.fiˈkaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /kalsifiˈkaɾ/ [kal.si.fiˈkaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cal‧ci‧fi‧car

Verb

calcificar (first-person singular present calcifico, first-person singular preterite calcifiqué, past participle calcificado)

  1. to calcify

Conjugation

Further reading