sacar

English

Noun

sacar (plural sacars)

1. Alternative form of saker (cannon).
   • 1616, M. Robert Anton, “The Philosophers fovrth Satyr of Mars”, in The Philosophers Satyrs, London: Printed by T[homas] C[reede] and B[ernard] A[lsop] for Roger Iackſon, page 36:

     Let Sacars, Culuerings, and Cannons ſound / In honour of their bones, and rock the ground / With all your deafning terrors: for behold / The Balſum for your wounds, are rich mens gold, / Powder the world with wonder, and thus crie, / The Camel now may paſſe the needles eie.

References

• “sacar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Casar, ascar, Ascra, ascar-, ACARS, Caras, sacra, SAARC, Arcas

Asturian

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to dispute, rebuke”). Compare Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese sacar.

Verb

sacar (first-person singular indicative present saco, past participle sacáu)

1. to take out

Conjugation

Conjugation of sacar

infinitive		sacar
gerund		sacando
past participle		m sacáu, f sacada, n sacao, m pl sacaos, f pl sacaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	saco	saques	saca	sacamos	sacáis	saquen
	imperfect	sacaba	sacabes	sacaba	sacábemos, sacábamos	sacabeis, sacabais	sacaben
	preterite	saqué	sacasti, saquesti	sacó	saquemos	sacastis, saquestis	sacaron
	pluperfect	sacare, sacara	sacares, sacaras	sacare, sacara	sacáremos, sacáramos	sacareis, sacarais	sacaren, sacaran
	future	sacaré	sacarás	sacará	sacaremos	sacaréis	sacarán
	conditional	sacaría	sacaríes	sacaría	sacaríemos, sacaríamos	sacaríeis, sacaríais	sacaríen
subjunctive	present	saque	saques, sacas	saque	saquemos	saquéis	saquen, sacan
	imperfect	sacare, sacara	sacares, sacaras	sacare, sacara	sacáremos, sacáramos	sacareis, sacarais	sacaren, sacaran
imperative		—	saca	—	—	sacái	—

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sacar (13th century), and with cognates in other Iberian languages which points to an etymon *saccare, but further etymology is debated. Perhaps ultimately a borrowing from Germanic; specifically from Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to dispute, rebuke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈkaɾ/

Verb

sacar (first-person singular present saco, first-person singular preterite saquei, past participle sacado)

1. to take out, bring out, pull out
   • 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     eu quero mal à esta jente / einos de por en talladas / esfarelandoll'os cascos / do corpo sacarll'as almas

     I wish ill these people / I'll make slices of them / crushing them helms / from them bodies I'll pull out them souls

2. to get away

   Saca de aí! ― Get away from there!

3. to take off; to remove
4. to get; to obtain
5. to unsheathe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sacar (c-qu 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	sacar
Personal	sacar	sacares	sacar	sacarmos	sacardes	sacaren
Gerund
	sacando
Past participle
Masculine	sacado			sacados
Feminine	sacada			sacadas
Indicative
Present	saco	sacas	saca	sacamos	sacades	sacan
Imperfect	sacaba	sacabas	sacaba	sacabamos	sacabades	sacaban
Preterite	saquei	sacaches	sacou	sacamos	sacastes	sacaron
Pluperfect	sacara	sacaras	sacara	sacaramos	sacarades	sacaran
Future	sacarei	sacarás	sacará	sacaremos	sacaredes	sacarán
Conditional	sacaría	sacarías	sacaría	sacariamos	sacariades	sacarían
Subjunctive
Present	saque	saques	saque	saquemos	saquedes	saquen
Imperfect	sacase	sacases	sacase	sacásemos	sacásedes	sacasen
Future	sacar	sacares	sacar	sacarmos	sacardes	sacaren
Imperative
Affirmative		saca	saque	saquemos	sacade	saquen
Negative (non)		non saques	non saque	non saquemos	non saquedes	non saquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of sacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sacar
Personal	sacar	sacares	sacar	sacarmos	sacardes	sacarem
Gerund
	sacando
Past participle
Masculine	sacado			sacados
Feminine	sacada			sacadas
Indicative
Present	saco	sacas	saca	sacamos	sacades, sacais	sacam
Imperfect	sacava	sacavas	sacava	sacávamos	sacávades, sacáveis, sacávais1	sacavam
Preterite	saquei	sacaste, sacache1	sacou	sacamos	sacastes	sacárom, sacaram
Pluperfect	sacara	sacaras	sacara	sacáramos	sacárades, sacáreis, sacárais1	sacaram
Future	sacarei	sacarás	sacará	sacaremos	sacaredes, sacareis	sacarám, sacarão
Conditional	sacaria	sacarias	sacaria	sacaríamos	sacaríades, sacaríeis, sacaríais1	sacariam
Subjunctive
Present	saque	saques	saque	saquemos	saquedes, saqueis	saquem
Imperfect	sacasse	sacasses	sacasse	sacássemos	sacássedes, sacásseis	sacassem
Future	sacar	sacares	sacar	sacarmos	sacardes	sacarem
Imperative
Affirmative		saca	saque	saquemos	sacade, sacai	saquem
Negative (nom)		nom saques	nom saque	nom saquemos	nom saquedes, nom saqueis	nom saquem

¹Less recommended.

References

• “sacar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sacar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sacar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sacar”, 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), “sacar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sacar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English soccer.

Noun

sacar m (genitive singular sacair)

1. soccer, football

Declension

Declension of sacar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sacar vocative a shacair genitive sacair dative sacar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sacar genitive an tsacair dative leis an sacar don sacar

Mutation

Mutated forms of sacar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sacar	shacar after an, tsacar	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese sacar, probably from Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to dispute, rebuke”), from Proto-Germanic *sakaną (“to dispute, rebuke”). Compare Spanish sacar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈka(ʁ)/ [saˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈka(ʁ)/ [saˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /saˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /saˈka(ʁ)/ [saˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sa‧car

Verb

sacar (first-person singular present saco, first-person singular preterite saquei, past participle sacado)

1. to pull out; to extract; to snatch

   Synonyms: arrancar, extrair, tirar

2. to draw (to pull out a gun or a sword from a holster)

   Synonyms: desembainhar, puxar

   Antonym: embainhar

   O policial sacou o revólver.

   The policeman drew the revolver.

   • 1874, José de Alencar, “Scenas romanticas da vida conjugal sem o adubo da immoralidade” (chapter I), in Guerra dos Mascates, volume 2, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier, page 6:

     Fitando prompto a vista, pareceu-lhe ter percebido entre a ramagem vulto humano, e sem a menor hesitação, atirando a longa capa em que se envolvia para os ombros, sacou a espada da bainha e pôz-se em guarda.

     With a quick gaze, he seemed to notice a human figure among the foliage and, with no hesitation, throwing the long cape he wrapped himself over his sholder, he drew his sword and stood en garde.

3. to withdraw (extract money from an account)

   Antonym: depositar

   Fui para o banco sacar dinheiro.

   I went to the bank to take out money.

4. (Brazil, slang) to understand

   Synonym: entender

5. (colloquial, computing, Internet) to download

   Synonyms: descarregar, baixar

6. (sports) to serve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sacar
Personal	sacar	sacares	sacar	sacarmos	sacardes	sacarem
Gerund
	sacando
Past participle
Masculine	sacado			sacados
Feminine	sacada			sacadas
Indicative
Present	saco	sacas	saca	sacamos	sacais	sacam
Imperfect	sacava	sacavas	sacava	sacávamos	sacáveis	sacavam
Preterite	saquei	sacaste	sacou	sacamos1, sacámos2	sacastes	sacaram
Pluperfect	sacara	sacaras	sacara	sacáramos	sacáreis	sacaram
Future	sacarei	sacarás	sacará	sacaremos	sacareis	sacarão
Conditional	sacaria	sacarias	sacaria	sacaríamos	sacaríeis	sacariam
Subjunctive
Present	saque	saques	saque	saquemos	saqueis	saquem
Imperfect	sacasse	sacasses	sacasse	sacássemos	sacásseis	sacassem
Future	sacar	sacares	sacar	sacarmos	sacardes	sacarem
Imperative
Affirmative		saca	saque	saquemos	sacai	saquem
Negative (não)		não saques	não saque	não saquemos	não saqueis	não saquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• saca-projétil
• saca-rolhas

 

Related terms

• saque

 

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “to dispute, to rebuke”). Compare English forsake, seek, sake, Latin sāgiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈkaɾ/ [saˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧car

Verb

sacar (first-person singular present saco, first-person singular preterite saqué, past participle sacado)

1. (transitive) to put out, to get out (e.g. a public statement, an APB, a release of media or entertainment)

   Vamos a sacar un álbum

   We're going to release an album

2. (transitive) to take out (e.g. the trash)
3. (transitive) to pull out, to take out (e.g. a badge, an ID card, a picture, paperwork, the keys, finger)

   ¡Saca el dedo de la nariz!

   Pull/take your finger out of your nose!

4. (transitive) to get out, to take out (e.g. the family, a partner, a friend, a dog)
5. (transitive) to pull out, to get out (e.g. a pencil, a hand, a key)

   sacar al perro de paseo ― to take the dog out for a walk

6. (transitive) to remove, to extract, to get out, to take out, to dig up or dig out (e.g., the weeds, a tooth, military forces, information, the truth, remove someone from the equation or a situation)
7. (transitive) to take (e.g. a photograph, advantage of, etc.)

   Con una cámara digital, se puede sacar y borrar una foto en dos segundos.

   With a digital camera, you can take and delete a photo in two seconds.

   Synonyms: hacer, quitar

8. (transitive) to withdraw, to take out (e.g. money)

   Synonyms: retirar, quitar

9. (transitive) to rip off (e.g. to steal money)

   Esta secta me quiere sacar el dinero.

   This sect wants to rip me off.

   Synonym: quitar

10. (transitive) to drive out, expel, to eject
11. (transitive) to send out or move out something or somebody from some place
12. (transitive) to extricate, to lift from or out of, to rescue somebody from an entanglement or trouble
13. (transitive) to bring up (a subject or issue for talk or discussion)
14. (transitive) to stick out
15. (transitive) to get, to make, to take, to receive, to derive (to make or take something out of an experience or to make the most of, e.g. a benefit, a profit, money, etc.)
16. (transitive) to lift (e.g. a fingerprint)
17. (transitive, literally) to draw, to whip out, to take out, to unsheathe (e.g. water, blood, a weapon, straws)

    Synonym: desenfundar

18. (transitive, figuratively) to draw (e.g. a lesson, conclusions, strength, power, energy, hope)
19. (transitive) to make (a copy, etc.)
20. (transitive) to take off, remove (e.g. clothing, footwear, jewelry)

    Synonyms: quitar, (clothing) desvestirse, (footwear) descalzarse

21. (transitive) to take off (remove from a place)

    Saca los pies de la mesa.

    Take your feet off the table.

    Synonym: quitar

22. (transitive) to bring out (e.g. the best or worst in someone, a certain quality or trait)
23. (transitive) to scoop (e.g. fruit, flour, sugar, salt, sand)
24. (transitive, sports) to serve
25. (transitive, soccer) to kick off
26. (reflexive) to obtain, receive
    1. (reflexive) to win, get, obtain (a prize, award)

       Él se sacó el gordo.

       He won first prize.

    2. (reflexive) to receive, get, be inflicted with

       Me saqué un puñetazo

       I received a punch.

27. (transitive, pronominal, El Salvador) treat someone to (something)

    Ella se sacó un par de cervezas anoche.

    She treated us to a pair of beers last night.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sacar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sacar
gerund			sacando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sacado		sacada
		plural		sacados		sacadas
		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	saco	sacastú sacásvos	saca	sacamos	sacáis	sacan
	imperfect	sacaba	sacabas	sacaba	sacábamos	sacabais	sacaban
	preterite	saqué	sacaste	sacó	sacamos	sacasteis	sacaron
	future	sacaré	sacarás	sacará	sacaremos	sacaréis	sacarán
	conditional	sacaría	sacarías	sacaría	sacaríamos	sacaríais	sacarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	saque	saquestú saquésvos2	saque	saquemos	saquéis	saquen
	imperfect (ra)	sacara	sacaras	sacara	sacáramos	sacarais	sacaran
	imperfect (se)	sacase	sacases	sacase	sacásemos	sacaseis	sacasen
	future1	sacare	sacares	sacare	sacáremos	sacareis	sacaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sacatú sacávos	saque	saquemos	sacad	saquen
	negative		no saques	no saque	no saquemos	no saquéis	no saquen

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

    Selected combined forms of sacar (c-qu 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 sacar	dative	sacarme	sacarte	sacarle, sacarse	sacarnos	sacaros	sacarles, sacarse
	accusative	sacarme	sacarte	sacarlo, sacarla, sacarse	sacarnos	sacaros	sacarlos, sacarlas, sacarse
with gerund sacando	dative	sacándome	sacándote	sacándole, sacándose	sacándonos	sacándoos	sacándoles, sacándose
	accusative	sacándome	sacándote	sacándolo, sacándola, sacándose	sacándonos	sacándoos	sacándolos, sacándolas, sacándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative saca	dative	sácame	sácate	sácale	sácanos	not used	sácales
	accusative	sácame	sácate	sácalo, sácala	sácanos	not used	sácalos, sácalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sacá	dative	sacame	sacate	sacale	sacanos	not used	sacales
	accusative	sacame	sacate	sacalo, sacala	sacanos	not used	sacalos, sacalas
with formal second-person singular imperative saque	dative	sáqueme	not used	sáquele, sáquese	sáquenos	not used	sáqueles
	accusative	sáqueme	not used	sáquelo, sáquela, sáquese	sáquenos	not used	sáquelos, sáquelas
with first-person plural imperative saquemos	dative	not used	saquémoste	saquémosle	saquémonos	saquémoos	saquémosles
	accusative	not used	saquémoste	saquémoslo, saquémosla	saquémonos	saquémoos	saquémoslos, saquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sacad	dative	sacadme	not used	sacadle	sacadnos	sacaos	sacadles
	accusative	sacadme	not used	sacadlo, sacadla	sacadnos	sacaos	sacadlos, sacadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative saquen	dative	sáquenme	not used	sáquenle	sáquennos	not used	sáquenles, sáquense
	accusative	sáquenme	not used	sáquenlo, sáquenla	sáquennos	not used	sáquenlos, sáquenlas, sáquense

Derived terms

• mete dos y saca cinco
• metisaca
• saca
• sacabocados
• sacabotas
• sacaclavos
• sacacorazones
• sacacuartos
• sacadineros
• sacadólares
• sacador
• sacafaltas
• sacaleche
• sacaleches
• sacamanchas
• sacamantecas
• sacamuelas
• sacaniguas
• sacapuntas
• sacar a colación
• sacar a flote
• sacar a relucir
• sacar adelante
• sacar agua de las piedras
• sacar de contexto
• sacar de la manga
• sacar de quicio
• sacar de sus casillas
• sacar del armario
• sacar el ascua con la mano del gato; sacar el ascua con mano ajena
• sacar el máximo partido de (“to make the most of”)
• sacar el máximo provecho de (“to make the most of”)
• sacar el quite
• sacar fuerzas de flaqueza
• sacar hierro
• sacar la cabeza
• sacar la piedra
• sacar la vuelta
• sacar las castañas del fuego
• sacar lo mejor de
• sacar lo que el negro del sermón
• sacar los pies del plato
• sacar los trapitos al sol
• sacar partido
• sacar petróleo
• sacar pica
• sacar polvo debajo del agua
• sacar provecho
• sacar punta
• sacar tajada
• sacarse de encima
• sacarse el clavo
• sacarse el sombrero
• saque
• saqueador
• saquear
• saqueo
• un clavo saca otro clavo

 

See also

• extraer

Further reading

• “sacar”, 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