besar

From Latin bāsiāre, present active infinitive of bāsiō (“kiss”).

besar (first-person singular indicative present beso, past participle besáu)

1. to kiss

• besu

Inherited from Latin bāsiāre. Cognate with Occitan baisar, French baiser, Spanish besar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈzaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophones: basar, vesar

besar (first-person singular present beso, first-person singular preterite besí, past participle besat); root stress: (Central) /e/, (informal) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/, (informal) /e/; (Balearic) /e/, (informal) /ə/

1. to kiss

   Synonym: petonejar

• “besar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “besar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “besar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “besar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /bəˈsar/ [bəˈsar]

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• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: be‧sar

Inherited from Malay besar, from Proto-Malayic *bəsar.

bêsar (comparative lebih besar, superlative paling besar or terbesar, equative sebesar)

1. large (of considerable or relatively great size or extent)
2. big
   1. of considerable or relatively great size or extent
   2. adult; (of a child) older
3. great; big
   1. much, more than usual
   2. important, consequential
4. (figuratively) powerful; (having, or capable of exerting, power or influence)

bêsar

1. (transitive, figuratively) to grow up (to mature and become an adult)
2. (transitive, figuratively) to become more mature

bêsar

1. size (the dimensions or magnitude of a thing; how big something is)

   Synonyms: besaran, ukuran

Borrowed from Javanese besar.

bêsar

1. synonym of murbei (“mulberry”)

• “besar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /bəsar/
• Rhymes: -ar

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besar (Jawi spelling بسر)

1. big, large (of a great size)

   Synonym: kecil

2. big (adult)

   Synonym: kecil

3. being of the highest ranking in an occupational position; top, head

   guru besar ― headteacher

besar (Jawi spelling بسر, plural besar-besar, informal 1st possessive besarku, 2nd possessive besarmu, 3rd possessive besarnya)

1. size, area

   Synonyms: saiz, ukuran

   Besar rumah ni hampir 900 kaki persegi.

   The area of this house is close to 900 square feet.

• lebar

• “besar” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Malay besar.

besar

1. big (of a great size)
2. big (adult)

From Malay besar.

besar

1. big (of a great size)
2. big (adult)

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin bāsiāre (“to kiss”).

• IPA^(key): /beˈsaɾ/ [beˈsaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧sar

besar (first-person singular present beso, first-person singular preterite besé, past participle besado)

1. to kiss
2. (reciprocal) to kiss (each other, one another)
3. (reflexive) to make out with, to neck with [with con]

• “besar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28