căli

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic калити (kaliti, to harden), from Proto-Slavic *kaliti. Compare Serbo-Croatian kaliti.

Verb[edit]

a căli (third-person singular present călește, past participle călit) 4th conj.

  1. to temper, harden, toughen, anneal
  2. (reflexive) to steel, harden, or brace oneself
  3. to stew in fat
  4. (reflexive, figuratively) to get drunk

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