cal viva
Portuguese
Noun
- quicklime (lime produced by heating limestone)
- Synonym: cal virgem
Further reading
- “cal viva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkal ˈbiba/ [ˌkal ˈβ̞i.β̞a]
- Syllabification: cal vi‧va
Noun
- quicklime (lime produced by heating limestone)
Further reading
- “cal viva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025