calificar

From Medieval Latin quālificāre, present active infinitive of quālificō, from quālis +‎ -ficō. Cognate with English qualify.

• IPA^(key): /kalifiˈkaɾ/ [ka.li.fiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧fi‧car

calificar (first-person singular present califico, first-person singular preterite califiqué, past participle calificado)

1. to qualify
2. to grade, to mark
3. to rate, to score
4. to describe, to characterize, to label, to categorize
5. to designate (e.g. designate a plot of land for a specific use)

• “calificar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28