cloruro de calcio
/kloˌɾuɾo de ˈkalθjo/masculine
Calcium chloride in Spanish is cloruro de calcio.
cloruro de calcio refers to the calcium salt of hydrochloric acid.
Meaning: calcium salt of hydrochloric acid (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase cloruro de calcio is a literal translation of 'chloride of calcium', where cloruro means chloride and de calcio means of calcium.
How do you pronounce it?
/kloˌɾuɾo de ˈkalθjo/
Did you know?
- The Spanish word calcio was borrowed from the English word 'calcium', which was coined by Humphry Davy in 1808.
- While cloruro de calcio is the technical term, people in Spanish-speaking regions may refer to its common industrial uses as sal fundente or 'melting salt'.
- The suffix -uro in cloruro is a standard way in Spanish to denote an anion, a pattern seen in other salts like sulfuro.
Examples in context
- Para acelerar la formación del queso, se añade cloruro de calcio a la leche.To speed up the cheese formation, calcium chloride is added to the milk.
- El cloruro de calcio se utiliza en muchos procesos químicos.Calcium chloride is used in many chemical processes.
- El cloruro de calcio ayuda a derretir el hielo.Calcium chloride helps melt the ice.
- Necesitamos comprar cloruro de calcio para el experimento.We need to buy calcium chloride for the experiment.
- El bote contiene cloruro de calcio puro.The container contains pure calcium chloride.
Example conversation
Elena and Mateo are in a chemistry laboratory.
- Elena¿Tienes el cloruro de calcio, Mateo?Do you have the calcium chloride, Mateo?
- MateoSí, lo tengo aquí en la mesa.Yes, I have it here on the table.
- ElenaPerfecto, vamos a prepararlo ahora.Perfect, let's prepare it now.
- MateoMuy bien, yo saco los vasos.Very well, I will get the beakers.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “calcium chloride” translations and entries cloruro de calcio, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries calcio, cloruro, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
