cazar

From Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈθaɾ/ [kaˈθaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧zar

cazar (first-person singular indicative present cazo, past participle cazáu)

1. to hunt

• caçar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧zar

cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacei, past participle cazado)

1. to hunt, chase
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 443:

     Mentre que durarõ estas trégoas dos seys meses, Pares ýa amj̃úde ao mõt de Belios caçar

     While this six month truces lasted, Paris often went hunting to Mount Belios

• “cazar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

• caçar (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Spanish caçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus. Compare Portuguese caçar and English chase and catch (whence Spanish cachar).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈθaɾ/ [kaˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈsaɾ/ [kaˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧zar
• Homophone: (Latin America) casar

cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle cazado)

1. to hunt
2. (soccer) to catch (a ball, said especially of the goalkeeper)

• → Italian: cazzare

• “cazar”, 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