caçar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈsa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [kaˈsaɾ]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Verb

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cací, past participle caçat)

  1. to hunt, to chase (prey; someone)
  2. to catch (wind of; grasp)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan cassar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

Pronunciation

Verb

caçar

  1. to hunt
  2. (by extension) to search; to look for

Conjugation

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ˈt͡saɾ/

Verb

caçar

  1. to hunt
    • c. 1285, Ramon Llull, Blanquerna:
      un ballester anà a caçar al bosch cervos e cabirols
      a crossbowman went to hunt deer and roe deer in the forest.

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: caçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈsaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈsa.ɾi/

  • Homophone: cassar
  • Hyphenation: ca‧çar

Verb

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacei, past participle caçado)

  1. to hunt (chase down prey)

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle caçado)

  1. obsolete form of cazar