gosar

Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese osar, from Late Latin ausāre, frequentative based on Latin audeō. The initial /ɡ-/ may have been appended to resolve hiatus in phrases such as no (g)osar.^[1] Compare Catalan gosar, Occitan ausar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈsa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: go‧sar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

gosar

1. (intransitive) to dare (to have enough courage to do something)
2. (transitive) to dare (auxiliary verb followed by infinitive)

   no gosaba demandar aduya ― he/she didn't dare to ask for help

   Synonym: atrevir-se a

3. (auxiliary) to be accustomed to doing something, to do something on a regular basis, to do something usually or often

   gosa arribar tarde ― he usually arrives late

4. (auxiliary) to tend to

   Cheneralment no diz cosa que mereixca la pena sentir, asinas que suelo ignorar-lo.

   He generally doesn't say anything worth hearing, so I usually just ignore him.

5. (imperfect) used to

   Aquí gosaba estar la tele.

   This is where the television used to be.

Inherited from Old Catalan osar, from Late Latin ausāre, frequentative based on Latin audeō. The initial /ɡ-/ may have been appended to resolve hiatus in phrases such as no (g)osar.^[1] Compare Aragonese gosar, Occitan ausar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡuˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡoˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡoˈzaɾ]

gosar (first-person singular present goso, first-person singular preterite gosí, past participle gosat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to dare (to have enough courage to do something)
2. (transitive) to dare (auxiliary verb followed by infinitive)

   no gosava demanar ajuda ― he/she didn't dare to ask for help

   Synonym: atrevir-se a

• agosarat
• gosat

• gosadia

• “gosar”, 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
• “gosar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “gosar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gosar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Spanish gozar, from Spanish gozo, from Latin gaudium (“joy”).

• Hyphenation: go‧sar

gosar

1. to enjoy oneself

From gos +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsàːr/

gosár m anim

1. gosherd, gooseherd

• “gosar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

gosar

1. present indicative of gosa

• agors, sagor