catar
Portuguese
/kɐ.ˈtaɾ/, /ka.ˈta(ʁ)/, /ka.ˈtaʁ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to gather; to glean; to collect get multiple things
- (transitive) to pick up collect an object, especially from the ground
- (transitive) to look for; to search for try to find something
- (slang) to pick up start a short romantic relationship with
- (transitive) to clean something by removing defective elements one by one
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese catar inherited from Latin captāre.
Origin
Latin
captāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *reexcaptāre Latin
- captāre Latin
- captāre, captō Latin
- captare Italian
- ricattare Italian
- riscattare Italian
- capter French
- acatar Spanish, Castilian
- captar Spanish, Castilian
- catar Spanish, Castilian
- captar Portuguese
- cata-vento Portuguese
- vento Portuguese
- kapti Esperanto
- catar Galician
- căuta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- catar Old Portuguese
- catar Asturian
- cjatâ Friulian
- catar Venetian
- catur Dalmatian