cassar

See also: Cassar

Old Catalan

Alternative forms

• casar, caçar

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *captiāre, from Latin capto.

Verb

cassar

1. alternative spelling of caçar
   • c. 1287, Ramon Llull, chapter 3, in Llibre de meravelles, volume I:

     un caualler cassaua, lo qual segui tan longament un senglar,

     A knight hunted, who is followed so long by a wild boar,

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin cassāre (“to nullify, to void”), from Latin cassus. Compare Italian cassare and French casser (“to break”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsa(ʁ)/ [kaˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsa(ʁ)/ [kaˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaˈsa(ʁ)/ [kaˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈsa.ɾi/

• Homophone: caçar
• Hyphenation: cas‧sar

Verb

cassar (first-person singular present casso, first-person singular preterite cassei, past participle cassado)

1. (transitive) to revoke, cancel, invalidate (political rights, etc.)

   Synonyms: revogar, anular

2. (transitive, law) to quash

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cassar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cassar
Personal	cassar	cassares	cassar	cassarmos	cassardes	cassarem
Gerund
	cassando
Past participle
Masculine	cassado			cassados
Feminine	cassada			cassadas
Indicative
Present	casso	cassas	cassa	cassamos	cassais	cassam
Imperfect	cassava	cassavas	cassava	cassávamos	cassáveis	cassavam
Preterite	cassei	cassaste	cassou	cassamos1, cassámos2	cassastes	cassaram
Pluperfect	cassara	cassaras	cassara	cassáramos	cassáreis	cassaram
Future	cassarei	cassarás	cassará	cassaremos	cassareis	cassarão
Conditional	cassaria	cassarias	cassaria	cassaríamos	cassaríeis	cassariam
Subjunctive
Present	casse	casses	casse	cassemos	casseis	cassem
Imperfect	cassasse	cassasses	cassasse	cassássemos	cassásseis	cassassem
Future	cassar	cassares	cassar	cassarmos	cassardes	cassarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cassa	casse	cassemos	cassai	cassem
Negative (não)		não casses	não casse	não cassemos	não casseis	não cassem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cassação