osar
English
Alternative forms
- asar
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish åsar.
Noun
osar (plural osars)
- An esker.
Anagrams
- AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, SORA, Soar, Sora, aros, oars, oras, rosa, soar, sora
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
osar m
- indefinite plural of os
Verb
osar
- present tense of osa
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *ausāre (*ausō), a frequentative derived from Latin ausus, perfect active participle of audeō, from Proto-Italic *awidēō (“to be greedy, want very much”). Compare Portuguese ousar, Catalan gosar, Occitan ausar, French oser, Italian osare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈsaɾ/ [oˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧sar
Verb
osar (first-person singular present oso, first-person singular preterite osé, past participle osado)
- (intransitive) to dare
- Synonym: atreverse
Conjugation
Conjugation of osar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | osar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | osando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | osado | osada | |||||
| plural | osados | osadas | |||||
| 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 | oso | osastú osásvos | osa | osamos | osáis | osan | |
| imperfect | osaba | osabas | osaba | osábamos | osabais | osaban | |
| preterite | osé | osaste | osó | osamos | osasteis | osaron | |
| future | osaré | osarás | osará | osaremos | osaréis | osarán | |
| conditional | osaría | osarías | osaría | osaríamos | osaríais | osarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ose | osestú osésvos2 | ose | osemos | oséis | osen | |
| imperfect (ra) | osara | osaras | osara | osáramos | osarais | osaran | |
| imperfect (se) | osase | osases | osase | osásemos | osaseis | osasen | |
| future1 | osare | osares | osare | osáremos | osareis | osaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | osatú osávos | ose | osemos | osad | osen | ||
| negative | no oses | no ose | no osemos | no oséis | no osen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of osar
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 osar | |||||||
| dative | osarme | osarte | osarle, osarse | osarnos | osaros | osarles, osarse | |
| accusative | osarme | osarte | osarlo, osarla, osarse | osarnos | osaros | osarlos, osarlas, osarse | |
| with gerund osando | |||||||
| dative | osándome | osándote | osándole, osándose | osándonos | osándoos | osándoles, osándose | |
| accusative | osándome | osándote | osándolo, osándola, osándose | osándonos | osándoos | osándolos, osándolas, osándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative osa | |||||||
| dative | ósame | ósate | ósale | ósanos | not used | ósales | |
| accusative | ósame | ósate | ósalo, ósala | ósanos | not used | ósalos, ósalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative osá | |||||||
| dative | osame | osate | osale | osanos | not used | osales | |
| accusative | osame | osate | osalo, osala | osanos | not used | osalos, osalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative ose | |||||||
| dative | óseme | not used | ósele, ósese | ósenos | not used | óseles | |
| accusative | óseme | not used | óselo, ósela, ósese | ósenos | not used | óselos, óselas | |
| with first-person plural imperative osemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | osémoste | osémosle | osémonos | osémoos | osémosles | |
| accusative | not used | osémoste | osémoslo, osémosla | osémonos | osémoos | osémoslos, osémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative osad | |||||||
| dative | osadme | not used | osadle | osadnos | osaos | osadles | |
| accusative | osadme | not used | osadlo, osadla | osadnos | osaos | osadlos, osadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative osen | |||||||
| dative | ósenme | not used | ósenle | ósennos | not used | ósenles, ósense | |
| accusative | ósenme | not used | ósenlo, ósenla | ósennos | not used | ósenlos, ósenlas, ósense | |
Derived terms
- osadía
- osado
Related terms
- audacia
- audaz
Further reading
- “osar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- raso
- rosa
Swedish
Verb
osar
- present tense of osa.
Anagrams
- Orsa, Rosa, roas, rosa