gosar

Inherited from Old Catalan osar, from Late Latin ausāre, frequentative based on Latin audeō. The initial /ɡ-/ may have been appended to resolve hiatus in phrases such as no (g)osar.^[1] Compare Occitan ausar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

gosar (first-person singular present goso, first-person singular preterite gosí, past participle gosat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to dare (to have enough courage to do something)
2. (transitive) to dare (auxiliary verb followed by infinitive)

   no gosava demanar ajuda ― he/she didn't dare to ask for help

   Synonym: atrevir-se a

• agosarat
• gosat

• gosadia

• “gosar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gosar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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

• Hyphenation: go‧sar

gosar

1. to enjoy oneself

From gos +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsàːr/

gosár m anim

1. gosherd, gooseherd

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• “gosar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

gosar

1. present indicative of gosa

• agors, sagor