calafatear

Galician

Alternative forms

• galafatear, garafetar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese calafetar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Arabic قَلْفَطَ (qalfaṭa, “to caulk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalafateˈaɾ/

Verb

calafatear (first-person singular present calafateo, first-person singular preterite calafateei, past participle calafateado)

1. to caulk (seal joints with caulk)
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     por calças et sevo et mangueiras et garafetar o tillado

     for wedges and tallow and hoses and caulking the deck

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calafatear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	calafatear
Personal	calafatear	calafateares	calafatear	calafatearmos	calafateardes	calafatearen
Gerund
	calafateando
Past participle
Masculine	calafateado			calafateados
Feminine	calafateada			calafateadas
Indicative
Present	calafateo	calafateas	calafatea	calafateamos	calafateades	calafatean
Imperfect	calafateaba	calafateabas	calafateaba	calafateabamos	calafateabades	calafateaban
Preterite	calafateei	calafateaches	calafateou	calafateamos	calafateastes	calafatearon
Pluperfect	calafateara	calafatearas	calafateara	calafatearamos	calafatearades	calafatearan
Future	calafatearei	calafatearás	calafateará	calafatearemos	calafatearedes	calafatearán
Conditional	calafatearía	calafatearías	calafatearía	calafateariamos	calafateariades	calafatearían
Subjunctive
Present	calafatee	calafatees	calafatee	calafateemos	calafateedes	calafateen
Imperfect	calafatease	calafateases	calafatease	calafateásemos	calafateásedes	calafateasen
Future	calafatear	calafateares	calafatear	calafatearmos	calafateardes	calafatearen
Imperative
Affirmative		calafatea	calafatee	calafateemos	calafateade	calafateen
Negative (non)		non calafatees	non calafatee	non calafateemos	non calafateedes	non calafateen

Related terms

• calafate
• garafate

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “calafetar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “garaf”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calafatear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “calafatear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “calafatear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From calafate +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalafateˈaɾ/ [ka.la.fa.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧fa‧te‧ar

Verb

calafatear (first-person singular present calafateo, first-person singular preterite calafateé, past participle calafateado)

1. (transitive) to caulk (seal joints with caulk)

   Synonym: enmasillar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calafatear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calafatear
gerund			calafateando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calafateado		calafateada
		plural		calafateados		calafateadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calafateo	calafateastú calafateásvos	calafatea	calafateamos	calafateáis	calafatean
	imperfect	calafateaba	calafateabas	calafateaba	calafateábamos	calafateabais	calafateaban
	preterite	calafateé	calafateaste	calafateó	calafateamos	calafateasteis	calafatearon
	future	calafatearé	calafatearás	calafateará	calafatearemos	calafatearéis	calafatearán
	conditional	calafatearía	calafatearías	calafatearía	calafatearíamos	calafatearíais	calafatearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calafatee	calafateestú calafateésvos2	calafatee	calafateemos	calafateéis	calafateen
	imperfect (ra)	calafateara	calafatearas	calafateara	calafateáramos	calafatearais	calafatearan
	imperfect (se)	calafatease	calafateases	calafatease	calafateásemos	calafateaseis	calafateasen
	future1	calafateare	calafateares	calafateare	calafateáremos	calafateareis	calafatearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calafateatú calafateávos	calafatee	calafateemos	calafatead	calafateen
	negative		no calafatees	no calafatee	no calafateemos	no calafateéis	no calafateen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of calafatear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive calafatear
	dative	calafatearme	calafatearte	calafatearle, calafatearse	calafatearnos	calafatearos	calafatearles, calafatearse
	accusative	calafatearme	calafatearte	calafatearlo, calafatearla, calafatearse	calafatearnos	calafatearos	calafatearlos, calafatearlas, calafatearse
with gerund calafateando
	dative	calafateándome	calafateándote	calafateándole, calafateándose	calafateándonos	calafateándoos	calafateándoles, calafateándose
	accusative	calafateándome	calafateándote	calafateándolo, calafateándola, calafateándose	calafateándonos	calafateándoos	calafateándolos, calafateándolas, calafateándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calafatea
	dative	calafatéame	calafatéate	calafatéale	calafatéanos	not used	calafatéales
	accusative	calafatéame	calafatéate	calafatéalo, calafatéala	calafatéanos	not used	calafatéalos, calafatéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calafateá
	dative	calafateame	calafateate	calafateale	calafateanos	not used	calafateales
	accusative	calafateame	calafateate	calafatealo, calafateala	calafateanos	not used	calafatealos, calafatealas
with formal second-person singular imperative calafatee
	dative	calafatéeme	not used	calafatéele, calafatéese	calafatéenos	not used	calafatéeles
	accusative	calafatéeme	not used	calafatéelo, calafatéela, calafatéese	calafatéenos	not used	calafatéelos, calafatéelas
with first-person plural imperative calafateemos
	dative	not used	calafateémoste	calafateémosle	calafateémonos	calafateémoos	calafateémosles
	accusative	not used	calafateémoste	calafateémoslo, calafateémosla	calafateémonos	calafateémoos	calafateémoslos, calafateémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calafatead
	dative	calafateadme	not used	calafateadle	calafateadnos	calafateaos	calafateadles
	accusative	calafateadme	not used	calafateadlo, calafateadla	calafateadnos	calafateaos	calafateadlos, calafateadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calafateen
	dative	calafatéenme	not used	calafatéenle	calafatéennos	not used	calafatéenles, calafatéense
	accusative	calafatéenme	not used	calafatéenlo, calafatéenla	calafatéennos	not used	calafatéenlos, calafatéenlas, calafatéense

Derived terms

• calafateador

 

Further reading

• “calafatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014