# gozar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gozar (attested ca. 1300), from Old Spanish gozar, from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish gozar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoˈθaɾ/ [ɡoˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (standard) /ɡoˈθaɾ/ [ɡoˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ħoˈθaɾ/ [ħoˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (gheada and seseo) /ħoˈsaɾ/ [ħoˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: go‧zar

### Verb

gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gocei, past participle gozado) gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gozei, past participle gozado, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive, intransitive) to enjoy
    Synonym: desfrutar
* to have fun, frolic
    Synonym: troulear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* gozo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “goza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “gozar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gozar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “gozar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gozar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Verb

gozar (Latin spelling)
* to enjoy

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gozar, from Old Spanish gozar, from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Compare Galician and Spanish gozar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡoˈza(ʁ)/ [ɡoˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡoˈza(ʁ)/ [ɡoˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɡoˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡoˈza(ʁ)/ [ɡoˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡoˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡuˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡuˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɡuˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: go‧zar

### Verb

gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gozei, past participle gozado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to enjoy [transitive or with de ‘something’]
    Synonyms: aproveitar, desfrutar
    Gozas de uma boa saúde. ― You enjoy good health.
* (reflexive) to enjoy [with de ‘something’]
* (intransitive) to enjoy [with de ‘prestige’]
* (intransitive) to enjoy oneself
* (transitive, intransitive) to mock (to make fun of) [transitive or with com ‘someone’]
    Synonyms: escarnecer, fazer piada, zombar
    Vocês estão me gozando? ― Are you making fun of me?
* (intransitive) to joke [with com ‘with someone’]
    Estou a gozar contigo. ― I'm joking.
* (Brazil, intransitive, slang, vulgar) to cum (to have an orgasm)
* (Brazil, slang, vulgar) to cum (to ejaculate) [intransitive; or transitive with para ‘for someone’]
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ejacular
    Goza pra mim, seu safado. ― Cum for me, you naughty boy.

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old Spanish gozar, from gozo (“joy”) +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix). Compare Asturian gociar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ɡoˈθaɾ/ [ɡoˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡoˈsaɾ/ [ɡoˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: go‧zar

### Verb

gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gocé, past participle gozado)
* to enjoy oneself
    Synonym: disfrutar
* to enjoy

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* gozarla
* gozón

#### Descendants

* → Sardinian: gosare, gosai (Campidanese)

### Further reading

* “gozar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10