catar

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

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

Derived terms

References

• “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

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, E codex, 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

Descendants

• Galician: catar
• Portuguese: catar

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. gaze

References

• “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.

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

• 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

Derived terms

• catavento

Related terms

• acatar

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• 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

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

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

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

References

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from French catarrhe, from Latin catarrhus.

Noun

catar n (plural cataruri)

1. catarrh

Declension

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/
• 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

Derived terms

Related terms

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.

Related terms

• catarse

Descendants

• →? Dalmatian: catur (“find”)