cazar

From Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

cazar (first-person singular indicative present cazo, past participle cazáu)

1. to hunt

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

• IPA^(key): [kɑˈθaɾ], (western) [kɑˈsaɾ]

cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacei, past participle cazado)

1. to hunt, chase
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 443:

     Mentre que durarõ estas trégoas dos seys meses, Pares ýa amj̃úde ao mõt de Belios caçar

     While this six month truces lasted, Paris often went hunting to Mount Belios

• “cazar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• “caçar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “caçar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cazar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cazar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cazar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• caçar (obsolete)

Inherited from Old Spanish caçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus. Compare Portuguese caçar and English chase and catch (whence Spanish cachar).

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈθaɾ/ [kaˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaˈsaɾ/ [kaˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧zar
• Homophone: (Latin America) casar

cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle cazado)

1. to hunt
2. (soccer) to catch (a ball, said especially of the goalkeeper)

• → Italian: cazzare

• “cazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014