catar

From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

catar (first-person singular indicative present cato, past participle catáu)

1. to milk

   Synonyms: muñir, mucir, buscar

2. to search, look for

   Synonym: buscar

3. to observe, watch, understand, notice

   Synonym: mirar

4. to taste, sample

   Synonym: prebar

5. to delouse

   Synonym: espioyar

6. to collect honey from a beehive

   Synonyms: capar, cortar

• catar con ún mesmu
• catar los rebelgos
• cátate la fecha

From Old Galician-Portuguese catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

catar m (plural catares)

1. (archaic) gaze

catar

1. except (for), unless

catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite catei, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to catch
2. (transitive) to collect
3. (transitive) to collect honey

   Synonyms: castrar, esmelgar

4. (transitive) to search
5. (transitive) to perceive, notice
6. (pronominal) to realize (become aware of a fact or situation)

   Synonym: decatar

7. (transitive) to carefully search

   Synonym: procurar

8. (transitive) to delouse

   Synonym: espiollar

9. (transitive) to taste; to eat
10. (intransitive) to take care
    • 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:

      Ay Jan cata non te enfermes
      nen sentencies con malicia
      cata que a yalma perdes.

      Oh, John, take care, don't get mad
      Don't speak with malice
      Take care, because you're losing your soul

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

from the masculine plural of Medieval Latin Catharī (“Pure (ones)”), from the masculine plural of Byzantine Greek καθαροί (katharoí, “Pure (ones)”), from the masculine singular of Byzantine Greek καθαρός (katharós, “Pure (one)”), from Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”).

catar m (feminine singular catara, masculine plural catars, feminine plural cataras)

1. Cathar

• catarisme

Derived from Medieval Latin catarrus, from Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos), which is derived from καταρρέω (katarrhéō, “I flow down”), which is composed of κατά (katá, “down”) and ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

catar m (plural catars)

1. (medicine) catarrh

• catarral
• catarrós

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 159.

From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

catar

1. to look; to observe; to examine
2. to look for
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 335 (facsimile):

     ⁊ eles lle reſponderon / atal allur a catade.

     And they answered him: / go seek her elsewhere.

   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão Fernandes Barreto, B 1611: Stev'Eanes, por Deus mandade (facsimile)

     Out(ro) camj̃ho cate todauia […]

     Nevertheless, look for another way […]

3. to consider
4. to care
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 533:

     Et moytas uegadas cõteçe que hay algũus que nõ catã senõ porlo que he sua prol

     And many times it happens that there are some than don't care but for their own interest

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 297:

     cata ben tua fazẽda, de tal maneyra que todos digã que de bon padre que seýo bon fillo

     take good care of your possessions and responsibilities, so that everyone says that of a good father came a good son

• Galician: catar
• Portuguese: catar

catar m (plural catares)

1. gaze

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “catar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “catar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”). Compare Galician, Asturian, and Spanish catar, Doublet of captar, a borrowing from Latin. Meaning “to find” possibly influenced by Venetan catar.

• Homophone: Catar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite catei, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to gather; to glean; to collect (get multiple things)

   Synonyms: colher, recolher

   Vamos catar as maçãs da árvore? ― Let’s gather apples from the tree?

2. (transitive) to pick up (collect an object, especially from the ground)

   Synonym: pegar

   Deixei cair a carta, pode catá-la para mim? ― I dropped the letter, can you pick it up for me?

3. (transitive) to look for; to search for (try to find something)

   Synonyms: procurar, buscar

   Passei o dia catando o livro. ― I spent the day looking for the book.

4. (slang, transitive) to pick up (start a short romantic relationship with)

   Synonym: pegar

   Ele catou duas raparigas na festa. ― He picked up two chicks at the party.

5. (transitive) to clean something by removing defective elements one by one

   Synonym: selecionar

   Cate o feijão antes de o cozinhar. ― Remove the rotten beans before cooking them.

6. (transitive, Rio Grande do Sul) to find

   Synonyms: achar, encontrar

   Catei esse vídeo no YouTube. ― I found that video on YouTube.

• catadeira
• catavento

• acatar

From Persian قطار (qatâr), from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār, “train”).^[1][2]

• Homophone: Catar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

catar m (plural catares)

1. a train of camels

   Synonym: cáfila

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

• Homophone: Catar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

catar m (plural catares)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (very rare) alternative form of cátaro

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

Borrowed from French catarrhe, from Latin catarrhus.

catar n (plural cataruri)

1. catarrh

Inherited from Old Spanish catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/ [kaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧tar

catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite caté, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to taste (wine)
2. (transitive) to sample (an appetizer)
3. (transitive) to examine, look at
4. (intransitive, dated) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “catar”, 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

• carta, traca

From Latin captāre.

catar

1. (transitive) to find

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

• catarse

• →? Dalmatian: catur (“find”)