vazar

From Old Galician-Portuguese vazar (13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês), from vazio (“empty”). Compare Portuguese vazar and Spanish vaciar.

• IPA^(key): , (western)

vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vacei, past participle vazado)
vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vazei, past participle vazado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to empty
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 653:

     Et, poys asi he, teño por bẽ que vazedes logo a villa et que uos uaades morar fora

     And, since it is like that, it pleases me that you empty now the town and go dwell outside

   Synonyms: baleirar, baldeirar, librar

2. to drain
   • 1934, Xaquín Lorenzo, "As dornas do Porto do Són", in Nós, 126-127, p. 111:

     Cando a embarcación queda en seco, pra lle vazar a auga que teña dentro, faise que quede máis baixa pola proa e abrese un burato que leva no calime, a ras da quilla, chamado cadoira

     When the ship is drydocked, for draining the water inside, they make her tilts towards the bow and then they open a drain in the bilge, by the keel, called cadoira

   Synonyms: escoar, decorrer

3. to ebb

   Synonym: devecer

• vacío

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

From vazio + -iar.

• Hyphenation: va‧zar

vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vazei, past participle vazado)

1. to leak
2. (figurative) to become public or exposed (private content)

   Vazaram informações do governo! ― Government information leaked!

3. (Brazil, colloquial) to go away; to leave

   Synonym: bazar

   Eu vou vazar agora. ― I'm leaving now.