# caçar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin captus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kaˈsaɾ]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cací, past participle caçat)
* to hunt, to chase (prey; someone)
* to catch (wind of; grasp)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | caçar | caçar | caçar | caçar | caçar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | caçant | caçant | caçant | caçant | caçant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | caçat | caçat | caçada | caçada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | caçats | caçats | caçades | caçades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | caço | caces | caça | cacem | caceu | cacen |
| indicative | imperfect | caçava | caçaves | caçava | caçàvem | caçàveu | caçaven |
| indicative | future | caçaré | caçaràs | caçarà | caçarem | caçareu | caçaran |
| indicative | preterite | cací | caçares | caçà | caçàrem | caçàreu | caçaren |
| indicative | conditional | caçaria | caçaries | caçaria | caçaríem | caçaríeu | caçarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | caci | cacis | caci | cacem | caceu | cacin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cacés | cacessis | cacés | cacéssim | cacéssiu | cacessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | caça | caci | cacem | caceu | cacin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no cacis | no caci | no cacem | no caceu | no cacin |

#### Derived terms

* caça
* caçador
* cacera
* acaçar
* percaçar

### Further reading

* “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.

## Occitan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kaˈsa]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

caçar
* to hunt
* (by extension) to search; to look for

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | caçar | caçar | caçar | aver caçat | aver caçat | aver caçat |
| gerund | gerund | caçant | caçant | caçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | caçat | caçat | caçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | caci | caças | caça | caçam | caçatz | caçan |
| indicative | imperfect | caçavi | caçavas | caçava | caçàvem | caçàvetz | caçavan |
| indicative | preterite | cacèri | cacères | cacèt | cacèrem | cacèretz | cacèron |
| indicative | future | caçarai | caçaràs | caçarà | caçarem | caçaretz | caçaràn |
| indicative | conditional | caçariái | caçariás | caçariá | caçariam | caçariatz | caçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | cacèra | cacèras | cacèra | caceram | caceratz | cacèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | cace | caces | cace | cacem | cacetz | cacen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cacèssi | cacèsses | cacèsse | cacèssem | cacèssetz | cacèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | caça | | cacem | caçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | caçar | caçar | caçar | aver caçat | aver caçat | aver caçat |
| gerund | gerund | caçant | caçant | caçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | caçat | caçat | caçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | cace | caces | caça | caçam | caçatz | caçon |
| indicative | imperfect | caçave | caçaves | caçava | caçaviam | caçaviatz | caçavon |
| indicative | preterite | cacere | caceres | cacet | cacem | cacetz | caceron |
| indicative | future | caçarai | caçaràs | caçará | caçarem | caçaretz | caçarán |
| indicative | conditional | caçariá | caçariás | caçariá | caçariam | caçariatz | caçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | cacèra | cacèras | cacèra | caceram | caceratz | cacèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | cace | caces | cace | caçassiam | caçassiatz | caçon |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cacesse | cacesses | cacesse | cacessiam | cacessiatz | cacesson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | caça | | caçassiam | caçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | caçar | caçar | caçar | aver caçat | aver caçat | aver caçat |
| gerund | gerund | caçant | caçant | caçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | caçat | caçat | caçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | caci | caças | caça | caçam | caçatz | caçan |
| indicative | imperfect | caçavi | caçavas | caçava | caçàvam | caçàvatz | caçavan |
| indicative | preterite | cacèi | cacès | cacè | cacèm | cacètz | cacèn |
| indicative | future | caçarèi | caçaràs | caçarà | caçaram | caçaratz | caçaràn |
| indicative | conditional | caçarí | caçarés | caçaré | caçarem | caçaretz | caçarén |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | cacèra | cacèras | cacèra | caceram | caceratz | cacèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | caci | caces | cace | cacem | cacetz | cacen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cacèssi | cacèsses | cacèsse | cacèssem | cacèssetz | cacèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | caça | | cacem | caçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | caçar | caçar | caçar | aver caçat | aver caçat | aver caçat |
| gerund | gerund | caçant | caçant | caçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | caçat | caçat | caçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | cace | caças | caça | caçam | caçatz | caçan |
| indicative | imperfect | caçava | caçavas | caçava | caçàvam | caçàvatz | caçavan |
| indicative | preterite | cacei | caceras | cacet | cacèram | cacèratz | caceran |
| indicative | future | caçarai | caçaràs | caçará | caçarem | caçaretz | caçarán |
| indicative | conditional | caçariá | caçariàs | caçariá | caçariam | caçariatz | caçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | cacèra | cacèras | cacèra | caceram | caceratz | cacèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | cace | caces | cace | cacem | cacetz | cacen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cacèsse | cacèsses | cacèsse | cacèssem | cacèssetz | cacèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | caça | | cacem | caçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | caçar | caçar | caçar | aver caçat | aver caçat | aver caçat |
| gerund | gerund | caçant | caçant | caçant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | caçat | caçat | caçat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | cace | caces | caça | caçam | caçatz | caçan |
| indicative | imperfect | caçavi | caçavas | caçava | caçàvem | caçàvetz | caçavan |
| indicative | preterite | cacère | cacères | cacèt | caceriam | caceriatz | cacèron |
| indicative | future | caçarai | caçaràs | caçarà | caçarem | caçaretz | caçaràn |
| indicative | conditional | caçariáu | caçariás | caçariá | caçariam | caçariatz | caçarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | cacèra | cacèras | cacèra | caceram | caceratz | cacèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | cace | caces | cace | cacem | cacetz | caçan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | cacèsse | cacèsses | cacèsse | cacessiam | cacessiatz | cacèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | caça | | cacem | caçatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈsa(ʁ)/ [kaˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈsa(ʁ)/ [kaˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaˈsa(ʁ)/ [kaˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈsa.ɾi/
* Homophone: cassar
* Hyphenation: ca‧çar

### Verb

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacei, past participle caçado)
* to hunt (chase down prey)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Verb

caçar (first-person singular present caço, first-person singular preterite cacé, past participle caçado)
* Obsolete form of cazar.