vazar

From Old Galician-Portuguese vazar (13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês), from vazio (“empty”). Compare Portuguese vazar and Spanish vaciar.

• IPA^(key): [baˈθaɾ], (western) [baˈsaɾ]

vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vacei, past participle vazado)
vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vazei, past participle vazado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to empty
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 653:

     Et, poys asi he, teño por bẽ que vazedes logo a villa et que uos uaades morar fora

     And, since it is like that, it pleases me that you empty now the town and go dwell outside

   Synonyms: baleirar, baldeirar, librar

2. to drain
   • 1934, Xaquín Lorenzo, "As dornas do Porto do Són", in Nós, 126-127, p. 111:

     Cando a embarcación queda en seco, pra lle vazar a auga que teña dentro, faise que quede máis baixa pola proa e abrese un burato que leva no calime, a ras da quilla, chamado cadoira

     When the ship is drydocked, for draining the water inside, they make her tilts towards the bow and then they open a drain in the bilge, by the keel, called cadoira

   Synonyms: escoar, decorrer

3. to ebb

   Synonym: devecer

• vacío

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

Alteration of vaziar (“to empty”).

• Hyphenation: va‧zar

vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vazei, past participle vazado)

1. to leak (to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
2. (figurative) to leak (to disclose secret information)

   Vazaram informações do governo! ― Government information leaked!

3. (Brazil, colloquial) to go away; to leave

   Synonym: (Angola, Portugal) bazar

   Eu vou vazar agora. ― I'm leaving now.

• “vazar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “vazar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025