caçar

From Old Occitan cassar, from Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəˈsa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kaˈsaɾ/

caçar (first-person singular present caço, past participle caçat)

1. to hunt, to chase (prey; someone)
2. to catch (wind of; grasp)

as cantar, except that the ç of the radical becomes c before e or i in the ending

• caçador

From Old Occitan cassar, from Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈsa]

caçar

1. to hunt
2. (by extension) to search; to look for

From Old Portuguese caçar, from Late Latin captiāre, present active infinitive of captiō, from Latin captō.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈsaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧çar
• Homophone: cassar

caçar (first-person singular present indicative caço, past participle caçado)

1. to hunt (chase down prey)
2. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of caçar
3. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of caçar
4. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of caçar
5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of caçar

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /kaˈθaɾ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /kaˈsaɾ/

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle caçado)

1. Obsolete spelling of cazar

• Rule: z becomes a c before e.