cacería

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish cazar

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -āriader.

Spanish -ería

Spanish cacería

From cazar + -ería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaθeˈɾia/ [ka.θeˈɾi.a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaseˈɾia/ [ka.seˈɾi.a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: ca‧ce‧rí‧a

Noun

cacería f (plural cacerías)

1. hunt, hunting

   Synonyms: caza, venación (archaic)

Further reading

• “cacería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025