caçar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈsaɾ]

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caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cací, past participle caçat)

1. to hunt, to chase (prey; someone)
2. to catch (wind of; grasp)

• caça
• caçador
• cacera
• acaçar
• percaçar

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

From Old Occitan cassar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

• IPA^(key): [kaˈsa]

• Audio:

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caçar

1. to hunt
2. (by extension) to search; to look for

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		caçar			aver caçat
gerund		caçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		caçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	caci	caças	caça	caçam	caçatz	caçan
	imperfect	caçavi	caçavas	caçava	caçàvem	caçàvetz	caçavan
	preterite	cacèri	cacères	cacèt	cacèrem	cacèretz	cacèron
	future	caçarai	caçaràs	caçarà	caçarem	caçaretz	caçaràn
	conditional	caçariái	caçariás	caçariá	caçariam	caçariatz	caçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	cacèra	cacèras	cacèra	caceram	caceratz	cacèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cace	caces	cace	cacem	cacetz	cacen
	imperfect	cacèssi	cacèsses	cacèsse	cacèssem	cacèssetz	cacèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caça		cacem	caçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		caçar			aver caçat
gerund		caçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		caçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cace	caces	caça	caçam	caçatz	caçon
	imperfect	caçave	caçaves	caçava	caçaviam	caçaviatz	caçavon
	preterite	cacere	caceres	cacet	cacem	cacetz	caceron
	future	caçarai	caçaràs	caçará	caçarem	caçaretz	caçarán
	conditional	caçariá	caçariás	caçariá	caçariam	caçariatz	caçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	cacèra	cacèras	cacèra	caceram	caceratz	cacèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cace	caces	cace	caçassiam	caçassiatz	caçon
	imperfect	cacesse	cacesses	cacesse	cacessiam	cacessiatz	cacesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caça		caçassiam	caçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		caçar			aver caçat
gerund		caçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		caçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	caci	caças	caça	caçam	caçatz	caçan
	imperfect	caçavi	caçavas	caçava	caçàvam	caçàvatz	caçavan
	preterite	cacèi	cacès	cacè	cacèm	cacètz	cacèn
	future	caçarèi	caçaràs	caçarà	caçaram	caçaratz	caçaràn
	conditional	caçarí	caçarés	caçaré	caçarem	caçaretz	caçarén
	conditional 2nd form1	cacèra	cacèras	cacèra	caceram	caceratz	cacèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	caci	caces	cace	cacem	cacetz	cacen
	imperfect	cacèssi	cacèsses	cacèsse	cacèssem	cacèssetz	cacèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caça		cacem	caçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		caçar			aver caçat
gerund		caçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		caçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cace	caças	caça	caçam	caçatz	caçan
	imperfect	caçava	caçavas	caçava	caçàvam	caçàvatz	caçavan
	preterite	cacei	caceras	cacet	cacèram	cacèratz	caceran
	future	caçarai	caçaràs	caçará	caçarem	caçaretz	caçarán
	conditional	caçariá	caçariàs	caçariá	caçariam	caçariatz	caçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	cacèra	cacèras	cacèra	caceram	caceratz	cacèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cace	caces	cace	cacem	cacetz	cacen
	imperfect	cacèsse	cacèsses	cacèsse	cacèssem	cacèssetz	cacèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caça		cacem	caçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		caçar			aver caçat
gerund		caçant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		caçat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cace	caces	caça	caçam	caçatz	caçan
	imperfect	caçavi	caçavas	caçava	caçàvem	caçàvetz	caçavan
	preterite	cacère	cacères	cacèt	caceriam	caceriatz	cacèron
	future	caçarai	caçaràs	caçarà	caçarem	caçaretz	caçaràn
	conditional	caçariáu	caçariás	caçariá	caçariam	caçariatz	caçarián
	conditional 2nd form1	cacèra	cacèras	cacèra	caceram	caceratz	cacèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cace	caces	cace	cacem	cacetz	caçan
	imperfect	cacèsse	cacèsses	cacèsse	cacessiam	cacessiatz	cacèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			caça		cacem	caçatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

From Old Galician-Portuguese caçar, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

• Homophone: cassar
• Hyphenation: ca‧çar

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacei, past participle caçado)

1. to hunt (chase down prey)

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle caçado)

1. Obsolete form of cazar.