fozar

From Vulgar Latin *fodiāre, from Latin fodiō, fodere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰod- (“to pierce, dig”).^[1] Cognate with Portuguese fossar, Spanish hozar.

• IPA^(key): /foˈθaɾ/, (western) /foˈsaɾ/

fozar (first-person singular present fozo, first-person singular preterite focei, past participle fozado)

1. to root, to dig with the snout

   Synonym: furgar

2. to poke

   Synonym: furgar

3. to meddle with; to tamper with or handle something ignorantly; to work unproductively on something, because of lack of knowledge or aptitude

   Synonyms: fedellar, fochicar

• fozas
• fochicar
• fozón

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