gosar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan osar, from Late Latin ausāre, frequentative based on Latin audeō. The initial /ɡ-/ may have been appended to resolve hiatus in phrases such as no (g)osar. Compare Occitan ausar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡuˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡoˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡoˈzaɾ]

Verb

gosar (first-person singular present goso, first-person singular preterite gosí, past participle gosat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to dare (to have enough courage to do something)
2. (transitive) to dare (auxiliary verb followed by infinitive)

   no gosava demanar ajuda ― he/she didn't dare to ask for help

   Synonym: atrevir-se a

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gosar (first conjugation)

infinitive			gosar
gerund			gosant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gosat		gosada
		plural		gosats		gosades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	goso	goses	gosa	gosem	goseu	gosen
	imperfect	gosava	gosaves	gosava	gosàvem	gosàveu	gosaven
	future	gosaré	gosaràs	gosarà	gosarem	gosareu	gosaran
	preterite	gosí	gosares	gosà	gosàrem	gosàreu	gosaren
	conditional	gosaria	gosaries	gosaria	gosaríem	gosaríeu	gosarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gosi	gosis	gosi	gosem	goseu	gosin
	imperfect	gosés	gosessis	gosés	goséssim	goséssiu	gosessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gosa	gosi	gosem	goseu	gosin
	negative (no)	—	no gosis	no gosi	no gosem	no goseu	no gosin

Derived terms

• agosarat
• gosat

Related terms

• gosadia

Further reading

• “gosar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gosar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gosar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gosar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish gozar, from Spanish gozo, from Latin gaudium (“joy”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: go‧sar

Verb

gosar

1. to enjoy oneself

Slovene

Etymology

From gos +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔsàːr/

Noun

gosár m anim

1. gosherd, gooseherd

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	gosár
gen. sing.	gosárja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gosár	gosárja	gosárji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	gosárja	gosárjev	gosárjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	gosárju	gosárjema	gosárjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gosárja	gosárja	gosárje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gosárju	gosárjih	gosárjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gosárjem	gosárjema	gosárji

Further reading

• “gosar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Verb

gosar

1. present indicative of gosa

Anagrams

• agors, sagor