caldre
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin calēre (“to be hot”), from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. First attested in the 13th century.[1] Compare Occitan caler; for sense evolution, compare dated French chaloir (originally "to be hot," later "to be important, to matter (to someone)").
Pronunciation
Verb
caldre (third-person only, third-person singular present cal, third-person singular preterite calgué, past participle calgut)
- (impersonal) it is needed, it is necessary
- No cal. ― [It is] not necessary.
- (impersonal, +que +relative clause) to have to, to need to, must
- Cal que vinguin tots. ― They all need to come.
Conjugation
Conjugation of caldre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix, third-person only)
| infinitive | caldre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | calent | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | calgut | calguda | |||||
| plural | calguts | calgudes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | — | — | cal | — | — | calen | |
| imperfect | — | — | calia | — | — | calien | |
| future | — | — | caldrà | — | — | caldran | |
| preterite | — | — | calgué | — | — | calgueren | |
| conditional | — | — | caldria | — | — | caldrien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | — | — | calgui | — | — | calguin | |
| imperfect | — | — | calgués | — | — | calguessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| negative (no) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Related terms
References
- ^ “caldre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
Further reading
- “caldre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “caldre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “caldre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑl.dre/, [ˈkɑɫ.dre]
Adjective
caldre
- strong genitive/dative/instrumental feminine singular of cald