Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, to harden), from Proto-Slavic *kaliti. Compare Serbo-Croatian kaliti.

Verb edit

a căli (third-person singular present călește, past participle călit) 4th conj.

  1. to temper, harden, toughen, anneal
  2. (reflexive) to steel, harden, or brace oneself
  3. to stew in fat
  4. (reflexive, figuratively) to get drunk

Conjugation edit

See also edit