catar

See also: Catar, càtar, catâr, and catàr

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

Verb

catar (first-person singular indicative present cato, past participle catáu)

1. to milk
2. to search, look for
3. to gaze
4. to catch

Conjugation

Conjugation of catar

infinitive		catar
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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. (archaic) gaze

Adverb

catar

1. except (for), unless

Verb

catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite catei, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to catch
2. (transitive) to collect
3. (transitive) to collect honey

   Synonyms: castrar, esmelgar

4. (transitive) to search
5. (transitive) to perceive, notice
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to realize (become aware of a fact or situation)

   Synonym: decatar

7. (transitive) to carefully search

   Synonym: procurar

8. (transitive) to delouse

   Synonym: espiollar

9. (transitive) to taste; to eat
10. (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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catar

	Singular			Plural
	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

    Reintegrated conjugation of catar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	catades, catais	catam
Imperfect	catava	catavas	catava	catávamos	catávades, catáveis, catávais1	catavam
Preterite	catei	cataste, catache1	catou	catamos	catastes	catárom, cataram
Pluperfect	catara	cataras	catara	catáramos	catárades, catáreis, catárais1	cataram
Future	catarei	catarás	catará	cataremos	cataredes, catareis	catarám, catarão
Conditional	cataria	catarias	cataria	cataríamos	cataríades, cataríeis, cataríais1	catariam
Subjunctive
Present	cate	cates	cate	catemos	catedes, cateis	catem
Imperfect	catasse	catasses	catasse	catássemos	catássedes, catásseis	catassem
Future	catar	catares	catar	catarmos	catardes	catarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cata	cate	catemos	catade, catai	catem
Negative (nom)		nom cates	nom cate	nom catemos	nom catedes, nom cateis	nom catem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• catadoiro
• catadura
• catasol
• decatar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “catar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “catar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “catar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “catar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “catar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “catar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “catar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cata que”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

catar

1. to look; to observe; to examine
2. to look for
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 335 (facsimile):

     ⁊ eles lle reſponderon / atal allur a catade.

     And they answered him: / go seek her elsewhere.

   • 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 […]

3. to consider
4. 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

    Conjugation of catar

infinitive		simple		catar
		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 ei	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	catan
	imperfect	catava	catavas	catava	catavamos, catávamos	catavades, catávades	catavan
	preterite	catei	cataste, catasche, catache	catou	catamos	catastes	cataron
	pluperfect	catara	cataras	catara	cataramos, catáramos	catarades, catárades	cataran
	future	catarei	catarás	catará	cataremos	cataredes	catarán
	conditional	cataria	catarias	cataria	catariamos, cataríamos	catariades, cataríades	catarian
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 ei	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	caten
	preterite	catasse	catasses	catasse	catássemos	catássedes	catassen
	future	catar	catares	catar	catarmos	catardes	cataren
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 ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		catar	catares	catar	catarmos	catardes	cataren
1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. 2 Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

• Galician: catar
• Portuguese: catar

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. gaze

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “catar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “catar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈta(ʁ)/ [kaˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈta(ʁ)/ [kaˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈta(ʁ)/ [kaˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈta.ɾi/

• Homophone: Catar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

Verb

catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite catei, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to gather; to glean; to collect (get multiple things)

   Synonyms: colher, recolher

   Vamos catar as maçãs da árvore? ― Let’s gather apples from the tree?

2. (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?

3. (transitive) to look for; to search for (try to find something)

   Synonyms: procurar, buscar

   Passei o dia catando o livro. ― I spent the day looking for the book.

4. (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.

5. (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.

6. (transitive, Rio Grande do Sul) to find

   Synonyms: achar, encontrar

   Catei esse vídeo no YouTube. ― I found that video on YouTube.

Notes

• Sixth meaning possibly influenced by Venetian.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	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

• catavento

Related terms

• acatar

Etymology 2

From Persian قطار (qatâr), from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār, “train”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʁ/ [kaˈtah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʁ/ [kaˈtah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʁ/ [kaˈtaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈta.ɾi/

• Homophone: Catar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. a train of camels

   Synonym: cáfila

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʁ/ [kaˈtah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʁ/ [kaˈtah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaʁ/ [kaˈtaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈta.ɾi/

• Homophone: Catar (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: ca‧tar

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (very rare) Alternative form of cátaro

Further reading

• “catar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “catar” in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “catar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “catar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catarrhe, from Latin catarrhus.

Noun

catar n (plural cataruri)

1. catarrh

Declension

Declension of catar

	singular		plural
	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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/ [kaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧tar

Verb

catar (first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite caté, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to taste (wine)
2. (transitive) to sample (an appetizer)
3. (transitive) to examine, look at
4. (intransitive, dated) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			catar
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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of catar

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 catar
	dative	catarme	catarte	catarle, catarse	catarnos	cataros	catarles, catarse
	accusative	catarme	catarte	catarlo, catarla, catarse	catarnos	cataros	catarlos, catarlas, catarse
with gerund catando
	dative	catándome	catándote	catándole, catándose	catándonos	catándoos	catándoles, catándose
	accusative	catándome	catándote	catándolo, catándola, catándose	catándonos	catándoos	catándolos, catándolas, catándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cata
	dative	cátame	cátate	cátale	cátanos	not used	cátales
	accusative	cátame	cátate	cátalo, cátala	cátanos	not used	cátalos, cátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative catá
	dative	catame	catate	catale	catanos	not used	catales
	accusative	catame	catate	catalo, catala	catanos	not used	catalos, catalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cate
	dative	cáteme	not used	cátele, cátese	cátenos	not used	cáteles
	accusative	cáteme	not used	cátelo, cátela, cátese	cátenos	not used	cátelos, cátelas
with first-person plural imperative catemos
	dative	not used	catémoste	catémosle	catémonos	catémoos	catémosles
	accusative	not used	catémoste	catémoslo, catémosla	catémonos	catémoos	catémoslos, catémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative catad
	dative	catadme	not used	catadle	catadnos	cataos	catadles
	accusative	catadme	not used	catadlo, catadla	catadnos	cataos	catadlos, catadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative caten
	dative	cátenme	not used	cátenle	cátennos	not used	cátenles, cátense
	accusative	cátenme	not used	cátenlo, cátenla	cátennos	not used	cátenlos, cátenlas, cátense

Derived terms

• catadura
• catalejo

 

Related terms

• acatar

 

Further reading

• “catar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• carta, traca

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin captāre.

Verb

catar

1. (transitive) to find

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of catar (first conjugation)

infinitive	catar
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

• catarse

Descendants

• →? Dalmatian: catur (“find”)