cazar

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈθaɾ/, [kaˈθaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧zar

Verb

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

1. to hunt

Conjugation

Conjugation of cazar

infinitive		cazar
gerund		cazando
past participle		m cazáu, f cazada, n cazao, m pl cazaos, f pl cazaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cazo	caces	caza	cazamos	cazáis	cacen
	imperfect	cazaba	cazabes	cazaba	cazábemos, cazábamos	cazabeis, cazabais	cazaben
	preterite	cacé	cazasti, cacesti	cazó	cacemos	cazastis, cacestis	cazaron
	pluperfect	cazare, cazara	cazares, cazaras	cazare, cazara	cazáremos, cazáramos	cazareis, cazarais	cazaren, cazaran
	future	cazaré	cazarás	cazará	cazaremos	cazaréis	cazarán
	conditional	cazaría	cazaríes	cazaría	cazaríemos, cazaríamos	cazaríeis, cazaríais	cazaríen
subjunctive	present	cace	caces, cazas	cace	cacemos	cacéis	cacen, cazan
	imperfect	cazare, cazara	cazares, cazaras	cazare, cazara	cazáremos, cazáramos	cazareis, cazarais	cazaren, cazaran
imperative		—	caza	—	—	cazái	—

Galician

Alternative forms

• caçar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈθaɾ/ [kɑˈθaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kaˈθaɾ/ [kɑˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kaˈsaɾ/ [kɑˈsaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ca‧zar

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cazar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cazar
Personal	cazar	cazares	cazar	cazarmos	cazardes	cazaren
Gerund
	cazando
Past participle
Masculine	cazado			cazados
Feminine	cazada			cazadas
Indicative
Present	cazo	cazas	caza	cazamos	cazades	cazan
Imperfect	cazaba	cazabas	cazaba	cazabamos	cazabades	cazaban
Preterite	cacei	cazaches	cazou	cazamos	cazastes	cazaron
Pluperfect	cazara	cazaras	cazara	cazaramos	cazarades	cazaran
Future	cazarei	cazarás	cazará	cazaremos	cazaredes	cazarán
Conditional	cazaría	cazarías	cazaría	cazariamos	cazariades	cazarían
Subjunctive
Present	cace	caces	cace	cacemos	cacedes	cacen
Imperfect	cazase	cazases	cazase	cazásemos	cazásedes	cazasen
Future	cazar	cazares	cazar	cazarmos	cazardes	cazaren
Imperative
Affirmative		caza	cace	cacemos	cazade	cacen
Negative (non)		non caces	non cace	non cacemos	non cacedes	non cacen

Related terms

• caza
• cazador

 

Further reading

• “cazar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

References

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• caçar (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Spain):

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

Verb

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cazar
gerund			cazando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cazado		cazada
		plural		cazados		cazadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cazo	cazastú cazásvos	caza	cazamos	cazáis	cazan
	imperfect	cazaba	cazabas	cazaba	cazábamos	cazabais	cazaban
	preterite	cacé	cazaste	cazó	cazamos	cazasteis	cazaron
	future	cazaré	cazarás	cazará	cazaremos	cazaréis	cazarán
	conditional	cazaría	cazarías	cazaría	cazaríamos	cazaríais	cazarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cace	cacestú cacésvos2	cace	cacemos	cacéis	cacen
	imperfect (ra)	cazara	cazaras	cazara	cazáramos	cazarais	cazaran
	imperfect (se)	cazase	cazases	cazase	cazásemos	cazaseis	cazasen
	future1	cazare	cazares	cazare	cazáremos	cazareis	cazaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cazatú cazávos	cace	cacemos	cazad	cacen
	negative		no caces	no cace	no cacemos	no cacéis	no cacen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cazar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive cazar	dative	cazarme	cazarte	cazarle, cazarse	cazarnos	cazaros	cazarles, cazarse
	accusative	cazarme	cazarte	cazarlo, cazarla, cazarse	cazarnos	cazaros	cazarlos, cazarlas, cazarse
with gerund cazando	dative	cazándome	cazándote	cazándole, cazándose	cazándonos	cazándoos	cazándoles, cazándose
	accusative	cazándome	cazándote	cazándolo, cazándola, cazándose	cazándonos	cazándoos	cazándolos, cazándolas, cazándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative caza	dative	cázame	cázate	cázale	cázanos	not used	cázales
	accusative	cázame	cázate	cázalo, cázala	cázanos	not used	cázalos, cázalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cazá	dative	cazame	cazate	cazale	cazanos	not used	cazales
	accusative	cazame	cazate	cazalo, cazala	cazanos	not used	cazalos, cazalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cace	dative	cáceme	not used	cácele, cácese	cácenos	not used	cáceles
	accusative	cáceme	not used	cácelo, cácela, cácese	cácenos	not used	cácelos, cácelas
with first-person plural imperative cacemos	dative	not used	cacémoste	cacémosle	cacémonos	cacémoos	cacémosles
	accusative	not used	cacémoste	cacémoslo, cacémosla	cacémonos	cacémoos	cacémoslos, cacémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cazad	dative	cazadme	not used	cazadle	cazadnos	cazaos	cazadles
	accusative	cazadme	not used	cazadlo, cazadla	cazadnos	cazaos	cazadlos, cazadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cacen	dative	cácenme	not used	cácenle	cácennos	not used	cácenles, cácense
	accusative	cácenme	not used	cácenlo, cácenla	cácennos	not used	cácenlos, cácenlas, cácense

Derived terms

• cacería
• caza
• cazaautógrafos
• cazabobos
• cazacabezas
• cazacarros
• cazadero
• cazador
• cazafortunas
• cazagoles
• cazamariposas
• cazapartner
• cazaprimas
• cazar al vuelo
• cazarecompensas
• cazasubmarinos
• cazataltentos
• cazatanques
• cazatesoros
• cazatorpederos
• cazón
• no vendas la piel del oso antes de cazarlo

 

Related terms

• cachai
• cautivar
• cautivo

 

Descendants

• → Italian: cazzare

Further reading

• “cazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10