gosar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan osar, from Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan ausar), from Vulgar Latin *ausō, *ausāre (compare French oser, Spanish osar), a frequentative verb formed from ausus, perfect active participle of Latin audeō, from Proto-Italic *awidēō (“to be greedy, want very much”). The initial -g- became appended to resolve the hiatus or syllable break between two vowels- e.g. no (g)osar[1].

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈza/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ɡuˈza/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈzaɾ/

Verb

gosar (first-person singular present goso, past participle gosat)

(intransitive) to dare (to have enough courage to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gosar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			gosar
present participle			gosant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gosat		gosada
		plural		gosats		gosades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	goso	goses	gosa	gosem	goseu	gosen
	imperfect	gosava	gosaves	gosava	gosàvem	gosàveu	gosaven
	future	gosaré	gosaràs	gosarà	gosarem	gosareu	gosaran
	preterite	gosí	gosares	gosà	gosàrem	gosàreu	gosaren
	conditional	gosaria	gosaries	gosaria	gosaríem	gosaríeu	gosarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gosi	gosis	gosi	gosem	goseu	gosin
	imperfect	gosés	gosessis	gosés	goséssim	goséssiu	gosessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	gosa	gosi	gosem	goseu	gosin

Derived terms

agosarat

References

http://www.diccionari.cat/lexicx.jsp?GECART=0070703

Further reading

“gosar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“gosar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“gosar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“gosar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish gozar, from Spanish gozo, from Latin gaudium (“joy”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: go‧sar

Verb

gosar

to enjoy oneself

Swedish

Verb

gosar

present tense of gosa.

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