casar

Probably from casa +‎ -ar.

casar (first-person singular indicative present caso, past participle casáu)

1. to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock)

   La mio fía casó la selmana pesada

   My daughter married last week

2. to match, coincide, be the same as

   La collor la xaqueta casa con esta

   The colour of the jacket matches this one

3. to get along (with someone), agree on tastes or opinions with someone

   Nun caso col nuevu vecín

   I don't get along with the new neighbour

• casoriu
• casamientu

Probably from casa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈzaɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

casar (first-person singular present caso, first-person singular preterite casí, past participle casat)

1. to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock)
2. (reflexive) to marry, get married

• casament
• casera
• casori

• casar-se

• “casar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “casar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “casar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “casar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese casar (13th century), probably from casa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈsaɾ]

casar (first-person singular present caso, first-person singular preterite casei, past participle casado)

1. to marry

   Miña nay por me casar / prometeome canto tiña, / quando foy a darm'o dote / pagoume c'unha galiña. (folk song, 18th c.)

   My mother for marrying me / promised me all she had; / when she went to give me the dowry / she paid me with a hen.

2. (figurative) to pair; to match; to fit; to combine

   Esas pezas do crebacabezas non casan ― Those puzzle pieces don't match

• casamento

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “casar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “casar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “casar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “casar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “casar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “casar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “casar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /²kɛɪ̯.sɑ(r)/, /²kæɪ̯.sɑ(r)/
• Homophone: keisar

casar m

1. indefinite plural of case

Probably from casa +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: ca‧sar

casar (first-person singular present caso, first-person singular preterite casei, past participle casado)

1. (intransitive) to marry [with com ‘someone’]

   Queres casar comigo? ― Do you want to marry me?

2. (pronominal) to get married
3. (transitive) to marry someone (unite two others in wedlock) [with com ‘with/to someone else’]
4. (transitive, figuratively) to join, unite

• casável

• “casar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “casar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “casar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “casar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “casar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “casar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Old Irish casúr.

casar m (genitive singular casair, plural casaran)

1. small hammer

• casair, casaire (Arran)

casar m (genitive singular casair, plural casaran)

1. alternative form of cabhsair

Probably from casa +‎ -ar (lit. "to become a member of the house"). Compare also Italian accasare, Romanian căsători.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈsaɾ/ [kaˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧sar
• Homophone: (Latin America) cazar

casar (first-person singular present caso, first-person singular preterite casé, past participle casado)

1. (transitive) to marry, wed someone to (unite two others in wedlock)

   Synonym: desposar

2. (transitive) to marry off
3. (intransitive) to match (up), fit (together)

   Este tercero les ayudará a casar las necesidades con los recursos.

   This third party will help them match needs with resources.

4. (reciprocal) to get married, marry (each other, one another)

   Se casaron justo después de la graduación.

   They got married right after graduation.

5. (reflexive) to wed, marry, get married [with con]

   Voy a casarme con la mujer de mis sueños esta noche.

   I am going to marry the woman of my dreams tonight.

• → Bikol Central: kasal
• → Cebuano: kasal
• → Hiligaynon: kasal
• → Karao: kasal
• → Tagalog: kasal

• “casar”, 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