cazar
Asturian
Etymology
From Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō.
Verb
cazar (first-person singular indicative present cazo, past participle cazáu)
- 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
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese caçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑˈθaɾ], (western) [kɑˈsaɾ]
Verb
cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacei, past participle cazado)
- to hunt, chase
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), 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
- Mentre que durarõ estas trégoas dos seys meses, Pares ýa amj̃úde ao mõt de Belios caçar
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 443:
Conjugation
- Note: caz- are changed to cac- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of cazar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | cazar | |||||
| personal | cazar | cazares | cazar | cazarmos | cazardes | cazaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| cazando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | cazado | cazados | ||||
| feminine | cazada | cazadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| 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 | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | cace | caces | cace | cacemos | cacedes | cacen |
| preterite | cazase | cazases | cazase | cazásemos | cazásedes | cazasen |
| future | cazar | cazares | cazar | cazarmos | cazardes | cazaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | caza | cace | cacemos | cazade | cacen |
| negative | – | caces | cace | cacemos | cacedes | cacen |
Related terms
- caza
- cazador
Further reading
- “cazar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
References
- “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.
Spanish
Alternative forms
- caçar (obsolete)
Etymology
From Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō. Compare French chasser and English chase and catch. Doublet of cachar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaˈθaɾ/ [kaˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kaˈsaɾ/ [kaˈsaɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧zar
- Homophone: (Latin America) casar
Verb
cazar (first-person singular present cazo, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle cazado)
- to hunt
- (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
- cautivar
- cautivo
Further reading
- “cazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014