catar
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).
Verb edit
catar (first-person singular indicative present cato, past participle catáu)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | catar | ||||||
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gerund | catando | ||||||
past participle | m catáu, f catada, n catao, m pl cataos, f pl cataes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | cato | cates | cata | catamos | catáis | caten |
imperfect | cataba | catabes | cataba | catábemos, catábamos | catabeis, catabais | cataben | |
preterite | caté | catasti, catesti | cató | catemos | catastis, catestis | cataron | |
pluperfect | catare, catara | catares, cataras | catare, catara | catáremos, catáramos | catareis, catarais | cataren, cataran | |
future | cataré | catarás | catará | cataremos | cataréis | catarán | |
conditional | cataría | cataríes | cataría | cataríemos, cataríamos | cataríeis, cataríais | cataríen | |
subjunctive | present | cate | cates, catas | cate | catemos | catéis | caten, catan |
imperfect | catare, catara | catares, cataras | catare, catara | catáremos, catáramos | catareis, catarais | cataren, cataran | |
imperative | — | cata | — | — | catái | — |
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catar m (plural catares)
Adverb edit
catar
Verb edit
catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite catei, past participle catado)
- (transitive) to catch
- (transitive) to collect
- (transitive) to collect honey
- (transitive) to search
- (transitive) to perceive, notice
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to realize (become aware of a fact or situation)
- Synonym: decatar
- (transitive) to carefully search
- Synonym: procurar
- (transitive) to delouse
- Synonym: espiollar
- (transitive) to taste; to eat
- (intransitive) to take care
- 1594, anonymous author, Entremés dos pastores:
- Ay Jan cata non te enfermes
nen sentencies con malicia
cata que a yalma perdes.- Oh, John, take care, don't get mad
Don't speak with malice
Take care, because you're loosing your soul
- Oh, John, take care, don't get mad
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | catar | |||||
Personal | catar | catares | catar | catarmos | catardes | cataren |
Gerund | ||||||
catando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | catado | catados | ||||
Feminine | catada | catadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | cato | catas | cata | catamos | catades | catan |
Imperfect | cataba | catabas | cataba | catabamos | catabades | cataban |
Preterite | catei | cataches | catou | catamos | catastes | cataron |
Pluperfect | catara | cataras | catara | cataramos | catarades | cataran |
Future | catarei | catarás | catará | cataremos | cataredes | catarán |
Conditional | cataría | catarías | cataría | catariamos | catariades | catarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cate | cates | cate | catemos | catedes | caten |
Imperfect | catase | catases | catase | catásemos | catásedes | catasen |
Future | catar | catares | catar | catarmos | catardes | cataren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | cata | cate | catemos | catade | caten | |
Negative (non) | non cates | non cate | non catemos | non catedes | non caten |
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “catar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “catar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “catar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “catar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “catar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “catar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “catar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “cata que” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
catar
- to look; to observe; to examine
- to look for
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 335 (facsimile):
- ⁊ eles lle reſponderon / atal allur a catade.
- And they answered him: / go seek her elsewhere.
- ⁊ eles lle reſponderon / atal allur a catade.
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão Fernandes Barreto, B 1611: Stev'Eanes, por Deus mandade (facsimile)
- Out(ro) camj̃ho cate todauia […]
- Nevertheless, look for another way […]
- to consider
- to care
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 533:
- Et moytas uegadas cõteçe que hay algũus que nõ catã senõ porlo que he sua prol
- And many times it happens that there are some than don't care but for their own interest
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica Troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 297:
- cata ben tua fazẽda, de tal maneyra que todos digã que de bon padre que seýo bon fillo
- take good care of your possessions and responsibilities, so that everyone says that of a good father came a good son
Conjugation edit
infinitive | simple | catar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | catando | |||||||
compound | gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | catado | catada | |||||||
feminine | catados | catadas | |||||||
present participle | catante | catantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cato | catas | cata | catamos | catades | catam3, catan4 | ||
imperfect | catava | catavas | catava | catavamos | catavades | catavam3, catavan4 | |||
preterite | catei | cataste3, catasche4 | catou | catamos | catastes | catarom3, cataron4 | |||
pluperfect | catara | cataras | catara | cataramos | catarades | cataram3, cataran4 | |||
future | catarei | catarás | catará | cataremos | cataredes | catarám3, catarán4 | |||
conditional | cataria | catarias | cataria | catariamos | catariades | catariam3, catarian4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
simple tenses |
present | cate | cates | cate | catemos | catedes | catem3, caten4 | ||
preterite | catasse | catasses | catasse | catássemos | catássedes | catassem3, catassen4 | |||
future | catar | catares | catar | catarmos | catardes | catarem3, cataren4 | |||
compound tenses |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |||
affirmative | — | cata | cate | catemos | catade | — | |||
negative | — | non cates | non cate | non catemos | non catedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |||
catar | catares | catar | catarmos | catardes | catarem3, cataren4 | ||||
1 Its alternative form aver can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". 3 Less common in Galicia 4 Less common in Portugal |
Descendants edit
Noun edit
catar m (plural catares)
References edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”). Compare Galician, Asturian, and Spanish catar, Doublet of captar, a borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite catei, past participle catado)
- (transitive) to gather; to glean; to collect (get multiple things)
- (transitive) to pick up (collect an object, especially from the ground)
- Synonym: pegar
- Deixei cair a carta, pode catá-la para mim? ― I dropped the letter, can you pick it up for me?
- (transitive) to look for; to search for (try to find something)
- (slang, transitive) to pick up (start a short romantic relationship with)
- Synonym: pegar
- Ele catou duas raparigas na festa. ― He picked up two chicks at the party.
- (transitive) to clean something by removing defective elements one by one
- Synonym: selecionar
- Cate o feijão antes de o cozinhar. ― Remove the rotten beans before cooking them.
- (transitive, Rio Grande do Sul) to find
Notes edit
- Sixth meaning possibly influenced by Venetian.
Conjugation edit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | catar | |||||
Personal | catar | catares | catar | catarmos | catardes | catarem |
Gerund | ||||||
catando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | catado | catados | ||||
Feminine | catada | catadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | cato | catas | cata | catamos | catais | catam |
Imperfect | catava | catavas | catava | catávamos | catáveis | catavam |
Preterite | catei | cataste | catou | catamos1, catámos2 | catastes | cataram |
Pluperfect | catara | cataras | catara | catáramos | catáreis | cataram |
Future | catarei | catarás | catará | cataremos | catareis | catarão |
Conditional | cataria | catarias | cataria | cataríamos | cataríeis | catariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | cate | cates | cate | catemos | cateis | catem |
Imperfect | catasse | catasses | catasse | catássemos | catásseis | catassem |
Future | catar | catares | catar | catarmos | catardes | catarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | cata | cate | catemos | catai | catem | |
Negative (não) | não cates | não cate | não catemos | não cateis | não catem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Persian قطار (qatâr), from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār, “train”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catar m (plural catares)
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catar m (plural catares)
References edit
- ^ “catar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “catar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Further reading edit
- “catar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “catar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “catar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “catar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French catarrhe, from Latin catarrhus.
Noun edit
catar n (plural cataruri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) catar | catarul | (niște) cataruri | catarurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) catar | catarului | (unor) cataruri | catarurilor |
vocative | catarule | catarurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite caté, past participle catado)
- (transitive) to taste (wine)
- (transitive) to sample (an appetizer)
- (transitive) to examine, look at
- (intransitive, dated) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation edit
infinitive | catar | ||||||
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gerund | catando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | catado | catada | |||||
plural | catados | catadas | |||||
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 | cato | catastú catásvos |
cata | catamos | catáis | catan | |
imperfect | cataba | catabas | cataba | catábamos | catabais | cataban | |
preterite | caté | cataste | cató | catamos | catasteis | cataron | |
future | cataré | catarás | catará | cataremos | cataréis | catarán | |
conditional | cataría | catarías | cataría | cataríamos | cataríais | catarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | cate | catestú catésvos2 |
cate | catemos | catéis | caten | |
imperfect (ra) |
catara | cataras | catara | catáramos | catarais | cataran | |
imperfect (se) |
catase | catases | catase | catásemos | cataseis | catasen | |
future1 | catare | catares | catare | catáremos | catareis | cataren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | catatú catávos |
cate | catemos | catad | caten | ||
negative | no cates | no cate | no catemos | no catéis | no caten |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “catar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
catar
- (transitive) to find
Conjugation edit
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | catar | |||||
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auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | catando | |||
past participle | catà | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | cato | (te) cati | (el/ła) cata | catémo, catòn | caté | (i/łe) cata |
imperfect | catava | (te) catavi | (el/ła) catava | catàvimo | catavi | (i/łe) catava |
future | catarò | (te) catarè | (el/ła) catarà | catarémo | catarè | (i/łe) catarà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | catarìa | (te) catarisi | (el/ła) catarìa | catarìsimo | catarisi | (i/łe) catarìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | cate, cata | (te) cati | (el/ła) cate, (el/ła) cata | catémo, catone | caté | (i/łe) cate, (i/łe) cata |
imperfect | catase | (te) catasi | (el/ła) catase | catàsimo | catasi | (i/łe) catase |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) cata | (el/ła) cata, (el/ła) cate | catémo | caté | (i/łe) cata, (i/łe) cate |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- →? Dalmatian: catur (“find”)