cozar

Galician

Alternative forms

• coxar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese coçar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Onomatopoeic. Cognate with Portuguese coçar; compare also Spanish cosquillas and escozor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈθaɾ/, (western) /koˈsaɾ/

Verb

cozar (first-person singular present cozo, first-person singular preterite cocei, past participle cozado)

1. to scratch
   • c1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 24:

     chegou aos touros esforçadamẽnte sem nẽgũ temor. Et trouxe'lles a'maão destra por'los peytos, coçãdo-os et afaagando-os.

     he bravely came to the bulls, fearless, and he brought them to his right, scratching and fondling them

   Synonyms: rañar, rascar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cozar (c-z alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cozar
Personal	cozar	cozares	cozar	cozarmos	cozardes	cozaren
Gerund
	cozando
Past participle
Masculine	cozado			cozados
Feminine	cozada			cozadas
Indicative
Present	cozo	cozas	coza	cozamos	cozades	cozan
Imperfect	cozaba	cozabas	cozaba	cozabamos	cozabades	cozaban
Preterite	cocei	cozaches	cozou	cozamos	cozastes	cozaron
Pluperfect	cozara	cozaras	cozara	cozaramos	cozarades	cozaran
Future	cozarei	cozarás	cozará	cozaremos	cozaredes	cozarán
Conditional	cozaría	cozarías	cozaría	cozariamos	cozariades	cozarían
Subjunctive
Present	coce	coces	coce	cocemos	cocedes	cocen
Imperfect	cozase	cozases	cozase	cozásemos	cozásedes	cozasen
Future	cozar	cozares	cozar	cozarmos	cozardes	cozaren
Imperative
Affirmative		coza	coce	cocemos	cozade	cocen
Negative (non)		non coces	non coce	non cocemos	non cocedes	non cocen

Derived terms

• coceira
• entrecocer
• escozar

Related terms

• coscas
• cóxegas

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cozar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cozar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN