calafatare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek καλαϕατέω (kalaphatéō) or from Arabic قَلْفَطَ (qalfaṭa, “to caulk (a ship)”), both from Latin calefaciō (“to heat”).

Verb

calafatàre (first-person singular present calafàto, first-person singular past historic calafatài, past participle calafatàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to caulk, to make watertight
    Synonyms: catramare, impeciare, incatramare, impegolare
  2. (transitive, nautical) to pitch, to caulk with tow and pitch/tar

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