# vazar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vazar (13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês), from vazio (“empty”). Compare Portuguese vazar and Spanish vaciar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [baˈθaɾ], (western) [baˈsaɾ]

### Verb

vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vacei, past participle vazado) vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vazei, past participle vazado, reintegrationist norm)
* to empty
** 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 653:Et, poys asi he, teño por bẽ que vazedes logo a villa et que uos uaades morar foraAnd, since it is like that, it pleases me that you empty now the town and go dwell outside
    Synonyms: baleirar, baldeirar, librar
* to drain
** 1934, Xaquín Lorenzo, "As dornas do Porto do Són", in Nós, 126-127, p. 111:
    Cando a embarcación queda en seco, pra lle vazar a auga que teña dentro, faise que quede máis baixa pola proa e abrese un burato que leva no calime, a ras da quilla, chamado cadoiraWhen the ship is drydocked, for draining the water inside, they make her tilts towards the bow and then they open a drain in the bilge, by the keel, called cadoira
    Synonyms: escoar, decorrer
* to ebb
    Synonym: devecer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* vacío

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Alteration of vaziar (“to empty”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈza(ʁ)/ [vaˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /vaˈza(ʁ)/ [vaˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /vaˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /vaˈza(ʁ)/ [vaˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /vaˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈzaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: va‧zar

### Verb

vazar (first-person singular present vazo, first-person singular preterite vazei, past participle vazado)
* to leak (to pass through an opening that should be sealed)
* (figurative) to leak (to disclose secret information)
    Vazaram informações do governo! ― Government information leaked!
* (Brazil, colloquial) to go away; to leave
    Synonym: (Angola, Portugal) bazar
    Eu vou vazar agora. ― I'm leaving now.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* vaza-barris
* vazador
* vazadouro
* vazamento
* vazante
* vazão

### Further reading

* “vazar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “vazar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025