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catar.

to taste (wine)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/kaˈtaɾ/[kaˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to taste (wine)

    transitive
  2. to sample (an appetizer)

    transitive
  3. to examine, look at

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Classical Latin captō Late Latin cattō Old Spanish catar Spanish catar Inherited from Old Spanish catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“to look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“to strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

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