"calamar" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /kalaˈmaɾ/, [ka.laˈmaɾ] Forms: calamares [plural]
Rhymes: -aɾ Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan calamar, itself borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius, an adjective based on Latin calamus, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|ca|calamar}} Borrowed from Catalan calamar, {{der|es|it|calamaro}} Italian calamaro, {{der|es|la|calamārius}} Latin calamārius, {{der|es|la|calamus}} Latin calamus, {{der|es|grc|κάλαμος||reed, ink pen}} Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} calamar m (plural calamares)
  1. squid Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-calamar-es-noun-HUj4SqJX Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Seafood, Squid Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Seafood: 47 53 Disambiguation of Squid: 87 13
  2. calamari Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-calamar-es-noun-Jwf-qBzw Categories (other): Seafood Disambiguation of Seafood: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: calamar gigante, calamar vampiro, calamar volador europeo

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calamar gigante"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calamar vampiro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calamar volador europeo"
    }
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      "args": {
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      "name": "bor+"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "reed, ink pen"
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      ]
    }
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  ],
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    "ca‧la‧mar"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ca‧la‧mar"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "75 25",
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      "ipa": "/kalaˈmaɾ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ka.laˈmaɾ]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
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    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan",
    "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Spanish terms derived from Catalan",
    "Spanish terms derived from Italian",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "calamar gigante"
    },
    {
      "word": "calamar vampiro"
    },
    {
      "word": "calamar volador europeo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ca",
        "3": "calamar"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "calamaro"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian calamaro",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calamārius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calamārius",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calamus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calamus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κάλαμος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "reed, ink pen"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "m"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧la‧mar"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ca‧la‧mar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "squid"
      ],
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          "squid",
          "squid"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "calamari",
          "calamari"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kalaˈmaɾ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ka.laˈmaɾ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calamar"
}

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