focar

Portuguese

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈka(ʁ)/ [foˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foˈka(ʁ)/ [foˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foˈka(ɻ)/

focar (first-person singular present foco, first-person singular preterite foquei, past participle focado)

(optics) (transitive) to focus (to cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point)
to focus; to concentrate

Conjugation of focar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

From foc +‎ -ar or possibly Vulgar Latin *focārium, nominalization of the Late Latin adjective focārius, from Latin focus. Compare French foyer, from which the modern senses of the word were derived.

focar n (plural focare)

(optics) focus
(geometry) focus
(archaic) pyre
Synonym: rug
(archaic, figuratively) calamity, disaster, misfortune
Synonyms: calamitate, nenorocire
(figuratively) hotbed
(figuratively) focus, center
furnace, hearth heating chamber
firebox

Declension of **focar**
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	focar	focarul	focare	focarele
genitive-dative	focar	focarului	focare	focarelor
vocative	focarule		focarelor

focar m (plural focari)

Declension of **focar**
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	focar	focarul	focari	focarii
genitive-dative	focar	focarului	focari	focarilor
vocative	focarule		focarilor