закаля́ться

rare #28849

verbreflexiveimperfective

1.
to toughen up, to harden oneself, to build up one's resistance
Он ка́ждое у́тро закаля́ется холо́дным ду́шем.
He toughens himself up every morning with a cold shower.
Typically of building resistance to cold and illness.
2.
to be tempered, to be steeled, to grow tougher
Хара́ктер закаля́ется в тру́дностях.
Character is tempered by hardship.
Figurative: of character, will or a person shaped by difficulties.
3.
to be tempered, to be hardened, to be quenchedmetallurgy
Сталь закаля́ется при высо́кой температу́ре.
Steel is hardened at a high temperature.
Of steel and other metals.

Examples

Организм закаляется от холодной воды.
The body becomes hardened by cold water.
Обливаемый холодной водой спортсмен закалялся.
The athlete being doused with cold water was toughening himself up.
Характер закаляется в трудных ситуациях.
Character is forged in difficult situations.
Дети закаляются во время зимних прогулок.
Children toughen themselves up during winter walks.

Imperative
ты	закаля́йся
вы	закаля́йтесь

Active present	закаля́ющийся	hardening, tempering, toughening, becoming hardened
Active past	закаля́вшийся	hardened, tempered, steeled, seasoned
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	закаля́ясь	while doing (present)
Gerund past	закалявшись	while doing (past)

зака́лtemper; hardening; hardening (of the body); soggy streak (in bread)
nounmasculine
зака́лкаtempering
nounfeminine

(Derived from каля́ть.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
закаля́ть	за-	to toughen; to harden
закаля́ться	-	to toughen up; to be tempered; to be tempered

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