# causar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From causa.

### Verb

causar (first-person singular indicative present causo, past participle causáu)
* to cause

#### Related terms

* causa

## Catalan
### Etymology

From causa +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəwˈza]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kawˈzaɾ]

### Verb

causar (first-person singular present causo, first-person singular preterite causí, past participle causat)
* (transitive) to cause

#### Related terms

* causa

### Further reading

* “causar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “causar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “causar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “causar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From causa.

### Verb

causar (first-person singular present causo, first-person singular preterite causei, past participle causado)
* to cause

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* causa

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From causa +‎ -ar. Cf. Medieval Latin causāre, Classical Latin causārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kawˈza(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kawˈza(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kawˈza(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈza(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kawˈza(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kawˈza(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈza(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kawˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kawˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kawˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: cau‧sar

### Verb

causar (first-person singular present causo, first-person singular preterite causei, past participle causado)
* (transitive) to cause
    A guerra causou muitas mortes. ― The war caused many deaths.
    Roupas novas podem causar uma boa impressão. ― New clothes may cause a good impression.
* (Brazil, intransitive, slang) to do something mischievous or for attention
    Synonym: aprontar
    Esse cara gosta de causar.That guy likes to play around.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* causa

### Further reading

* “causar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “causar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “causar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “causar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “causar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “causar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From causa +‎ -ar. Cf. Medieval Latin causāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kauˈsaɾ/ [kau̯ˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cau‧sar

### Verb

causar (first-person singular present causo, first-person singular preterite causé, past participle causado)
* to cause, to make
* to wreak, to bring, to provoke
* to inflict

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* causa
* causación

### Further reading

* “causar”, 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