calafatare

Meaning

1. (transitive) to caulk, to make watertight
2. (transitive) to pitch, to caulk with tow and pitch/tar

Concepts

caulk

calk

Translations

calafatear

calfater

calafatar

kalfatern

kalafatízo

calfeutrer

étouper

calafatare

expalmare

breeuwen

kalefateren

kalfaten

kalefaten

galafatar

calafatar

Etymology

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