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) 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== calafate garafate === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “calafetar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “calafatear”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega 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) (transitive) to caulk (seal joints with caulk) Synonym: enmasillar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “calafatear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025