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catar.

gaze

5 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaˈtaɾ/
  1. gaze

    archaic · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

adv/kaˈtaɾ/
  1. except (for), unless

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

verb/kaˈtaɾ/
  1. to catch

    transitive
  2. to collect

    transitive
  3. to collect honey

    transitive
  4. to search

    transitive
  5. to perceive, notice

    transitive
  6. to realize (become aware of a fact or situation)

    pronominal
  7. to carefully search

    transitive
  8. to delouse

    transitive
  9. to taste; to eat

    transitive
  10. to take care

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese catar, from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”), from Latin captāre (“strive to see, strive to catch with one's eyes”).

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