Meaning
to kick
- to strike or propel a ball with the foot, especially in sports

In a sentence
L'attaccante ha calciato il pallone direttamente in rete.
The striker kicked the ball straight into the net.
Chi calcerà il rigore decisivo alla fine della partita?
Who will take the decisive penalty at the end of the match?
Non calciare la palla così forte vicino alle finestre!
Don't kick the ball so hard near the windows!
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| calciare | infinitive |
| calcio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| calci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| calcia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| calciamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| calciate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| calciano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| calciavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| calciavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| calciava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| calciavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| calciavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| calciavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| calciai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| calciasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| calciò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| calciammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| calciaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| calciarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| calcerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| calcerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| calcerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| calceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| calcerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| calceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| calci | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| calci | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| calci | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| calciamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| calciate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| calcino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| calciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| calciassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| calciasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| calciassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| calciaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| calciassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| calcerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| calceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| calcerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| calceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| calcereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| calcerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| calcia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| calciamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| calciate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| calciando | gerund |
| calciato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Specifically used for kicking a ball in sports; for kicking a person or object in anger, 'dare un calcio a' is more common.
- Takes auxiliary avere.