Portuguese

bandeira do Catar

Alternative forms

• Qatar

Proper noun

Catar m

1. Qatar (a country of the Middle East, Asia, Asia)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Qatar

Etymology

Previously written Qatar, from Arabic قَطَر ‎(qaṭar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈtaɾ/
• Homophones: catar, Qatar

Proper noun

Catar m

1. Qatar

Derived terms

• catarí

Asturian

Verb

catar (first-person singular indicative present cato, past participle catáu)

1. to milk
2. to search, look for
3. to gaze
4. to catch

Conjugation

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtaɾ/

Verb

catar

1. to look; to observe; to examine
2. to look for
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 335 (facsimile):

     ⁊ eles lle reſponderon / atal allur a catade.

     And they answered him: / go seek her elsewhere.

   • 13th century, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Estêvão Fernandes Barreto, B 1611: Stev'Eanes, por Deus mandade (facsimile)

     Out(ro) camj̃ho cate todauia […]

     Nevertheless, look for another way […]

3. to consider

Descendants

• Galician: catar
• Portuguese: catar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ˈtaɾ/
• (Brazil)
  • verb: IPA^(key): /ka.ˈta(ʁ)/
  • noun: IPA^(key): /ka.ˈtaʁ/
• Homophone: Catar

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese catar, from Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō ‎(“snatch”). Doublet of captar.

Verb

catar ‎(first-person singular present indicative cato, past participle catado)

1. (transitive) to gather; to glean; to collect (to get multiple things)

   Vamos catar as maçãs da árvore?‎

   Let’s gather apples from the tree?

2. (transitive) to pick up (to collect an object, especially from the ground)

   Derrubei a carta, pode catá-la para mim?‎

   I dropped the letter, can you pick it up for me?

3. (transitive) to look for; to search for (to try to find something)

   Passei o dia catando o livro.‎

   I spent the day looking for the book.

4. (slang, transitive) to pick up (to start a short romantic relationship with)

   Ele catou duas minas na festa.‎

   He picked up two chicks at the party.

5. (transitive) to clean something by removing defective elements one by one

   Cate o feijão antes de cozinhá-lo.‎

   Remove the rotten beans before cooking them.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to gather): recolher, colher
• (to pick up): pegar
• (to look for): procurar
• (to start a short romantic relation with): pegar
• (to clean by removing defective elements): selecionar

Related terms

• acatar

Etymology 2

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. a train of camels

Synonyms

• cáfila

Etymology 3

Noun

catar m (plural catares)

1. (very rare) Alternative form of cátaro

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈtaɾ]

Etymology

From Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō ‎(“snatch”). Doublet of captar.

Verb

catar ‎(first-person singular present cato, first-person singular preterite caté, past participle catado)

1. to taste
2. to examine, to look at

Conjugation

Derived terms

• catalejo

Related terms

• acatar

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō ‎(“snatch”).

Verb

catar

1. (transitive) To find

Related terms

• catarse

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.