caldre

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin calēre, from Proto-Italic *kalēō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁-. First attested in the 13th century.[1] Compare Occitan caler.

Pronunciation

Verb

caldre (third-person only, third-person singular present cal, third-person singular preterite calgué, past participle calgut)

  1. (impersonal) it is needed, it is necessary
    No cal. ― [It is] not necessary.
  2. (impersonal, +que +relative clause) to have to, to need to, must
    Cal que vinguin tots. ― They all need to come.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of caldre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix, third-person only)
infinitive caldre
gerund calent
past participle masculine feminine
singular calgut calguda
plural calguts calgudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present — — cal — — calen
imperfect — — calia — — calien
future — — caldrà — — caldran
preterite — — calgué — — calgueren
conditional — — caldria — — caldrien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present — — calgui — — calguin
imperfect — — calgués — — calguessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — — — — — —
negative (no) — — — — — —

References
  1. “caldre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading
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