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călca
to step on, to tread on /kəlˈka/
verb#3082 most common
Also: to iron (clothes), to trample, to violate (a law, a rule)
Example sentences
Nu călca pe iarbă.
Don't step on the grass.
Calc rufele în fiecare zi.
I iron the laundry every day.
M-ai călcat pe picior.
You stepped on my foot.
Bunica îmi calcă hainele înainte de școală.
Grandma irons my clothes before school.
A fost călcat de o mașină pe trecerea de pietoni.
He was hit by a car on the crosswalk.
Firma a călcat în picioare contractul semnat cu angajații.
The company trampled on the contract it had signed with its employees.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | calc | călcai | voi călca |
| 2sg | calci | călcași | vei călca |
| 3sg | calcă | călcă | va călca |
| 1pl | călcăm | călcarăm | vom călca |
| 2pl | călcați | călcarăți | veți călca |
| 3pl | calcă | călcară | vor călca |
Word family
călcatironed; trodden
călcarethe act of treading or ironing
încălcato violate, to breachîncălcareviolation, infringementfier de călcatclothes iron
Etymology
The verb comes from Latin "calcare", meaning to tread or trample, itself built on "calx, calcis" (heel). Romanian kept both the literal sense of stepping on something and, later, extended it to pressing with a hot iron, since ironing is also a repeated pressing-down motion. The same Latin root gave Romanian the word for heel, "călcâi".
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