Grammatical class

Inflected form

calé

(past,participle) caler

Sentences

Ma voiture a calé.

My car stalled.

A1

Il a calé trois fois.

He stalled the engine three times.

A1

Il est calé en littérature anglaise.

He is well read in English literature.

A1

Ma voiture a calé au milieu du carrefour.

My car stalled in the middle of the intersection.

A1

Tom a calé sa bière.

Tom chugged his beer.

A2

Tom apprend le français. Il doit être drôlement calé !

Tom is learning French. He must really be a man of culture.

A2

Lorsque Tom s'est arrêté au stop, son engin a calé.

When Tom stopped for a stop sign, his engine stalled.

B1

Je suis calé !

I'm full!

B2