hozar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fodiāre, from Latin fodere (“to dig”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰod- (“to pierce, dig”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oˈθaɾ/ [oˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oˈsaɾ/ [oˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ho‧zar

Verb

hozar (first-person singular present hozo, first-person singular preterite hocé, past participle hozado)

1. (transitive) to root, dig with the snout

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hozar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			hozar
gerund			hozando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		hozado		hozada
		plural		hozados		hozadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hozo	hozastú hozásvos	hoza	hozamos	hozáis	hozan
	imperfect	hozaba	hozabas	hozaba	hozábamos	hozabais	hozaban
	preterite	hocé	hozaste	hozó	hozamos	hozasteis	hozaron
	future	hozaré	hozarás	hozará	hozaremos	hozaréis	hozarán
	conditional	hozaría	hozarías	hozaría	hozaríamos	hozaríais	hozarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hoce	hocestú hocésvos2	hoce	hocemos	hocéis	hocen
	imperfect (ra)	hozara	hozaras	hozara	hozáramos	hozarais	hozaran
	imperfect (se)	hozase	hozases	hozase	hozásemos	hozaseis	hozasen
	future1	hozare	hozares	hozare	hozáremos	hozareis	hozaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hozatú hozávos	hoce	hocemos	hozad	hocen
	negative		no hoces	no hoce	no hocemos	no hocéis	no hocen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of hozar (c-z alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive hozar
	dative	hozarme	hozarte	hozarle, hozarse	hozarnos	hozaros	hozarles, hozarse
	accusative	hozarme	hozarte	hozarlo, hozarla, hozarse	hozarnos	hozaros	hozarlos, hozarlas, hozarse
with gerund hozando
	dative	hozándome	hozándote	hozándole, hozándose	hozándonos	hozándoos	hozándoles, hozándose
	accusative	hozándome	hozándote	hozándolo, hozándola, hozándose	hozándonos	hozándoos	hozándolos, hozándolas, hozándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hoza
	dative	hózame	hózate	hózale	hózanos	not used	hózales
	accusative	hózame	hózate	hózalo, hózala	hózanos	not used	hózalos, hózalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hozá
	dative	hozame	hozate	hozale	hozanos	not used	hozales
	accusative	hozame	hozate	hozalo, hozala	hozanos	not used	hozalos, hozalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hoce
	dative	hóceme	not used	hócele, hócese	hócenos	not used	hóceles
	accusative	hóceme	not used	hócelo, hócela, hócese	hócenos	not used	hócelos, hócelas
with first-person plural imperative hocemos
	dative	not used	hocémoste	hocémosle	hocémonos	hocémoos	hocémosles
	accusative	not used	hocémoste	hocémoslo, hocémosla	hocémonos	hocémoos	hocémoslos, hocémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hozad
	dative	hozadme	not used	hozadle	hozadnos	hozaos	hozadles
	accusative	hozadme	not used	hozadlo, hozadla	hozadnos	hozaos	hozadlos, hozadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hocen
	dative	hócenme	not used	hócenle	hócennos	not used	hócenles, hócense
	accusative	hócenme	not used	hócenlo, hócenla	hócennos	not used	hócenlos, hócenlas, hócense

Derived terms

• hocicar
• hocico

 

Further reading

• “hozar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28