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Meaning of "cal" in the Portuguese dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CAL IN PORTUGUESE

cal


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Cal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAL MEAN IN PORTUGUESE?

Lime

Lime, also known as calcium oxide, is one of the most important substances for industry, obtained by thermal decomposition of limestone at 900 ° C. Also called quicklime or virgin lime, it is a solid white compound. This substance is usually used in the construction industry for the preparation of mortars with which walls and walls are erected and also in painting. Lime also has employment in the ceramics, steel and pharmaceutical industry as a bleaching agent or deodorizer. In agriculture, calcium oxide is used to produce calcium hydroxide, which has the purpose of controlling the acidity of soils and, in extractive metallurgy, is used to separate the slag from the iron.

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAL

abnormal · aboriginal · agricultural · al · anal · animal · antal · bacterial · capital · cardinal · central · dal · dental · dial · digital · dual · editorial · federal · feral · festival

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAL

cajuzinho · cala · calaba · calabaceira · calabaça · calabarina · calabarino · calaboca · calaboiço · calabouço · calabre · calabreada · calabreadura · calabrear · calabrete · calabrês · calabrote · calabroteado · calabura · calaburço

PORTUGUESE WORDS THAT END LIKE CAL

final · financial · general · global · hospital · hostal · ideal · individual · industrial · internacional · internal · judicial · laboral · lateral · legal · liberal · local · logical · longitudinal · mal

Synonyms and antonyms of cal in the Portuguese dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cal» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAL

Find out the translation of cal to 25 languages with our Portuguese multilingual translator.

The translations of cal from Portuguese to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cal» in Portuguese.
zh

Translator Portuguese - Chinese

石灰
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator Portuguese - Spanish

Cal
570 millions of speakers
en

Translator Portuguese - English

lime
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator Portuguese - Hindi

चूना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator Portuguese - Arabic

كلس
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator Portuguese - Russian

известь
278 millions of speakers
pt

Portuguese

cal
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator Portuguese - Bengali

চুন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator Portuguese - French

chaux
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator Portuguese - Malay

kapur
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator Portuguese - German

Kalk
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator Portuguese - Japanese

ライム
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator Portuguese - Korean

석회
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator Portuguese - Javanese

Jeruk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator Portuguese - Vietnamese

vôi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator Portuguese - Tamil

சுண்ணாம்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator Portuguese - Marathi

चुना
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator Portuguese - Turkish

kireç
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator Portuguese - Italian

calce
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator Portuguese - Polish

wapno
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator Portuguese - Ukrainian

вапно
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator Portuguese - Romanian

tei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator Portuguese - Greek

ασβέστης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator Portuguese - Afrikaans

kalk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator Portuguese - Swedish

lime
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator Portuguese - Norwegian

lime
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cal

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of cal
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our Portuguese online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cal».

Examples of use in the Portuguese literature, quotes and news about cal

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10 PORTUGUESE BOOKS RELATING TO «CAL»

Discover the use of cal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Portuguese literature.
1
Cal
For Cal, some of the choices are devastatingly simple.
Bernard MacLaverty, 2011
2
How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional ...
You will learn how to: Streamline and maximize your study time Conquer procrastination Absorb the material quickly and effectively Know which reading assignments are critical—and which are not Target the paper topics that wow professors ...
Cal Newport, 2006
3
Building Scalable Web Sites: Building, Scaling, and ...
Presenting information to visitors from all over the world Integrating email with your web applications Planning hardware purchases and hosting options to have as much as you need without breaking your wallet Partitioning and distributing ...
Cal Henderson, 2006
4
Deathwish: Cal Leandros
The fourth book in the Cal Leandros series that began with Nightlife, Deathwish is clever, ironic and hugely entertaining urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher by the New York Times bestselling author, Rob Thurman.
Rob Thurman, 2012
5
Captain Cal and the Robot Army
Captain Cal and his crew aboard the Silver Pig Intergalactic Probe Spaceship embark on another dangerous mission, this time to stop Professor Spitzer, a famous inventor turned mad scientist, from taking over the world.
Jan Dallimore, 2009
6
Captain Cal and the Garbage Planet
Space adventurer Captain Cal and his crew come to the rescue when messy aliens litter the entire galaxy with their garbage.
Jan Dallimore, 2009
7
Captain Cal and the Giant Straw
Heroic astronaut Captain Cal and his brave crew embark on a dangerous mission to save the earth's water supply from fiendish space aliens.
Jan Dallimore, 2009
8
Viva Cal Neva!
Many of the persons involved in the plot are real people working under pseudonyms in the book. Many things happened in the book, exactly as they happened in real life - except - the tale is fiction.
Larry Dunning, 2010
9
Cal and the Amazing Anti-Gravity Machine
With his talking dog, Frankie, as a constant companion, ten-year-old Cal Barraclough investigates his wacky neighbor's unusual experiments.
Richard Hamilton, 2006
10
A influência da cal na adubação fosfatada
A solubilidade dos fosfatos, dentro de certos limites, emuito controlada pelo PH do solo e pela concentracao do calcio na solucao do solo.
Waldemar Mendes, Abeilard Fernando de Castro, 1954

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Em MG, corpo de homem é encontrado coberto de cal
Segundo a Polícia Militar, o corpo da vítima estava coberto de cal e apresentava vários sinais de violência. Testemunhas disseram aos militares que o homem ... «Globo.com, Oct 15»
2
História de Florianópolis: caieiras eram fornos que transformaram …
As caieiras — fornalhas primitivas para produção artesanal de cal — funcionaram a todo vapor na orla da Ilha entre o século 17 e a década de 1960. Elas estão ... «Notícias do Dia Online, Oct 15»
3
Paulo Torres de pedra e cal na Selecção da Guiné-Bissau
Paulo Torres não foi despedido do cargo de selecionador da Selecção da Guiné-Bissau, apesar de terem circulado notícias afirmando o contrário. Ontem a ... «RFI, Oct 15»
4
Mourinho de pedra e cal em Londres
O clube londrino diz que acredita no treinador português e na equipa, para sair da crise de maus resultados. Partilhar o artigo Mourinho de pedra e cal em ... «RTP, Oct 15»
5
Zero-Cal é eleita pela 14ª vez consecutiva como marca de …
Zero-Cal, líder absoluta em adoçantes no Brasil, foi escolhida pela 14ª vez consecutiva como marca de confiança da categoria pela Revista Seleções. «Portal Maxpress, Aug 15»
6
Carreta carregada de cal tomba em Capinzal, no Meio oeste
O veículo estava carregado de cal quando tombou. A carga ficou espalhada pelo asfalto obstruindo a passagem de veículos. Até o fechamento desta edição o ... «Diário Catarinense, Aug 15»
7
Jovens queimadas e enterradas em cal
Os cadáveres das duas jovens desaparecidas desde dia 8 em Cuenca, Espanha, foram encontrados esta quinta-feira por um popular junto à nascente do rio ... «Correio da Manhã, Aug 15»
8
Rua afetada pela cheia recebe cal para descontaminação de água …
Atingida pela cheia, a Rua dos Barés, no Centro de Manaus, começou a receber cal nesta quinta-feira (21). Segundo a Prefeitura, os trabalhos têm o objetivo ... «Globo.com, May 15»
9
Na marca da cal, Comercial vence Ivinhema e fatura o título estadual
A cal vai ficar impregnada no troféu do Comercial-MS. É o pó branco da marca do pênalti, convertido aos 47 do segundo tempo pelo lateral Rodolfo, que deu a ... «Globo.com, May 15»
10
Caminhão carregado com cal tomba e motorista fica preso às …
Um caminhão carregado com cal tombou na manhã desta quinta-feira (30) na Estrada Vicinal José Luiz Sguarío, em Itapeva (SP). Segundo informações do ... «Globo.com, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-pt/cal>. Jun 2026 ».
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