calettare
Italian
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps related to calare.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.letˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: ca‧let‧tà‧re
Verb
calettàre (first-person singular present calétto, first-person singular past historic calettài, past participle calettàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to join (two pieces) together precisely (as a key fits in a lock)
- (intransitive) to fit together precisely [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation
Conjugation of calettàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
- caletta (“dovetail joint”)
- calettato
- calettatura