caça

See also: caca, Caca, caçà, cáca, căca, and ćaća

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈka.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈka.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from caçar.

Noun

caça f (plural caces)

1. hunting
2. hunt
3. game

Derived terms

• caça de bruixes
• caça major
• caça menor

Noun

caça m (plural caces)

1. fighter (the aircraft)

Etymology 2

Verb

caça

1. inflection of caçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “caça” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡sa/

Noun

caça

1. hunting

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Homophone: cassa
• Hyphenation: ca‧ça

Etymology 1

Deverbal from caçar, from Late Latin captiāre (“to seize”), from Latin captō (“to catch or grasp at”), from capiō (“to take, to capture, to seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to take, seize, catch, grasp”).

Noun

caça f (plural caças)

1. (uncountable) hunting (chasing animals for game or food)
2. hunt (a hunting expedition)
3. (uncountable) game (animals hunted for food)

Noun

caça m (plural caças)

1. fighter (military aircraft designed to attack other aircraft)

Derived terms

• caça ao tesouro

Related terms

• (fighter): bombardeiro, avião

Etymology 2

Verb

caça

1. inflection of caçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

caça

1. inflection of caçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative