# calcular
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

calcular (not comparable)
* (medicine) Relating to a calculus.
    a calcular deposit

## Catalan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

calcular (first-person singular present calculo, first-person singular preterite calculí, past participle calculat)
* (transitive) to calculate

#### 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, 2025
* “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)
* to calculate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* calculación
* calculador
* cálculo

### Further reading

* “calcular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “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: /kaw.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaw.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaw.kuˈla(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaw.kuˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaw.kuˈla(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯.kuˈla(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kal.kuˈlaɾ/ [kaɫ.kuˈlaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kal.kuˈlaɾ/ [kaɫ.kuˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /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)
* (transitive, mathematics) calculate (determine value)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European 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, 2008–2025
* “calcular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “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, 2003–2025
* “calcular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “calcular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## 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
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) to calculate

#### Derived terms

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* (transitive) to calculate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* calculable
* recalcular

#### Related terms

* calculación
* calculador
* cálculo

### Further reading

* “calcular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10