# divisar
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* devisar (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [di.βiˈza]
* IPA: (Balearic) [di.viˈza]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.viˈzaɾ]
* Homophone: divisà

### Verb

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisí, past participle divisat)
* (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* devesir

### Verb

divisar
* to divide
    Synonym: dividir

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.viˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.viˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.viˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.viˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.viˈzaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /di.biˈzaɾ/ [di.βiˈzaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /di.viˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sar

### Verb

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisei, past participle divisado)
* (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dibiˈsaɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: di‧vi‧sar

### Verb

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisé, past participle divisado)
* (transitive) to spot, to make out, to sight, to descry, to espy, to spy
    Synonym: vislumbrar
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 3:[El Basilisco] vive en cuevas, desde donde acecha a su víctima, asomando sólo la cabeza, para matarla con la mirada. Si sólo le alcanza a divisar un brazo o una pierna, el individuo no muere, pero queda con aquel miembro paralizado por el resto de sus días.[The Basilisk] lives in caves, from which it stalks its victim, poking out only its head in order to kill them with its gaze. If it manages to glimpse only an arm or a leg, the individual does not die, but is left with that limb paralized for the rest of their days.
* (transitive) to perceive
    Synonym: percibir

#### 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

* divisadero

### Further reading

* “divisar”, 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