Polyglot Dictionary

calcário

/kawˈkaɾju/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os calcários

Meaning

  1. limestone

    • A rocha é calcário.

      The rock is limestone.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

calcaire

calcaire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "limestone."

Practice

1 What does calcário mean?

2 Fill the gap: A rocha é ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches calcário?

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