fozar

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fodiāre, from Latin fodiō, fodere, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰod- (“to pierce, dig”). Cognate with Portuguese fossar, Spanish hozar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈθaɾ/, (western) /foˈsaɾ/

Verb

fozar (first-person singular present fozo, first-person singular preterite focei, past participle fozado)

1. to root, to dig with the snout

   Synonym: furgar

2. to poke

   Synonym: furgar

3. to meddle with; to tamper with or handle something ignorantly; to work unproductively on something, because of lack of knowledge or aptitude

   Synonyms: fedellar, fochicar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fozar (c-z alternation)

	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	fozar
Personal	fozar	fozares	fozar	fozarmos	fozardes	fozaren
Gerund
	fozando
Past participle
Masculine	fozado			fozados
Feminine	fozada			fozadas
Indicative
Present	fozo	fozas	foza	fozamos	fozades	fozan
Imperfect	fozaba	fozabas	fozaba	fozabamos	fozabades	fozaban
Preterite	focei	fozaches	fozou	fozamos	fozastes	fozaron
Pluperfect	fozara	fozaras	fozara	fozaramos	fozarades	fozaran
Future	fozarei	fozarás	fozará	fozaremos	fozaredes	fozarán
Conditional	fozaría	fozarías	fozaría	fozariamos	fozariades	fozarían
Subjunctive
Present	foce	foces	foce	focemos	focedes	focen
Imperfect	fozase	fozases	fozase	fozásemos	fozásedes	fozasen
Future	fozar	fozares	fozar	fozarmos	fozardes	fozaren
Imperative
Affirmative		foza	foce	focemos	fozade	focen
Negative (non)		non foces	non foce	non focemos	non focedes	non focen

Derived terms

• fozas
• fochicar
• fozón

References

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