becar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈkaɾ]
• Homophones: becà, vacà, vacar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

From beca (“scholarship”) +‎ -ar.

becar (first-person singular present beco, first-person singular preterite bequí, past participle becat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to grant a scholarship

becar (first-person singular present beco, first-person singular preterite bequí, past participle becat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (intransitive)

1. to snooze, to nap
2. to get distracted, to make a mistake

• acerb, breca, caber, cabre, Cabré, carbè, cebar, rabec

Borrowed from French bécarre.

becar m (plural becari)

1. (music) natural (sign)

• IPA^(key): /beˈkaɾ/ [beˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧car

becar (first-person singular present beco, first-person singular preterite bequé, past participle becado)

1. to grant a stipend or scholarship for studying

• “becar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Italian beccare.

becar

1. (transitive) to prick
2. (transitive) to sting, bite
3. (transitive) to prickle, scratch
4. (transitive) to peck

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.