pecar

From Latin peccāre.

pecar (first-person singular indicative present peco, past participle pecáu)

1. to sin

• pecáu

Inherited from Old Catalan pec(c)ar, from Latin peccāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: pecà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequí, past participle pecat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to sin

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

From Old Galician-Portuguese pecar, from Latin peccāre.

• IPA^(key): [peˈkaɾ]

pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequei, past participle pecado)

1. (intransitive) to sin

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

From Old Occitan peccar, from Latin peccāre.

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pecar

1. to sin (commit a sin)

• peccar (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pecar, from Latin peccāre (“to sin”).

pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequei, past participle pecado)

1. (theology) to sin (commit a sin)

   Synonym: errar

2. to commit a misdeed

• ser melhor pecar por excesso

From peco +‎ -ar.

pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequei, past participle pecado)

1. to become stupid

Inherited from Old Spanish pecar, borrowed from Latin peccāre.

• IPA^(key): /peˈkaɾ/ [peˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧car

pecar (first-person singular present peco, first-person singular preterite pequé, past participle pecado)

1. to sin

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pecar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 450

• “pecar”, 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