divisar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• devisar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [di.βiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.viˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.viˈzaɾ]
• Homophone: divisà

Verb

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisí, past participle divisat)

1. (transitive) to spot, to make out

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of divisar (first conjugation)

infinitive			divisar
gerund			divisant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divisat		divisada
		plural		divisats		divisades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	diviso	divises	divisa	divisem	diviseu	divisen
	imperfect	divisava	divisaves	divisava	divisàvem	divisàveu	divisaven
	future	divisaré	divisaràs	divisarà	divisarem	divisareu	divisaran
	preterite	divisí	divisares	divisà	divisàrem	divisàreu	divisaren
	conditional	divisaria	divisaries	divisaria	divisaríem	divisaríeu	divisarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	divisi	divisis	divisi	divisem	diviseu	divisin
	imperfect	divisés	divisessis	divisés	diviséssim	diviséssiu	divisessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	divisa	divisi	divisem	diviseu	divisin
	negative (no)	—	no divisis	no divisi	no divisem	no diviseu	no divisin

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “divisar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “divisar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divisar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “divisar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Occitan

Alternative forms

• devesir

Verb

divisar

1. to divide

   Synonym: dividir

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		divisar			aver divisat
gerund		divisant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divisat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divisi	divisas	divisa	divisam	divisatz	divisan
	imperfect	divisavi	divisavas	divisava	divisàvem	divisàvetz	divisavan
	preterite	divisèri	divisères	divisèt	divisèrem	divisèretz	divisèron
	future	divisarai	divisaràs	divisarà	divisarem	divisaretz	divisaràn
	conditional	divisariái	divisariás	divisariá	divisariam	divisariatz	divisarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divisèra	divisèras	divisèra	diviseram	diviseratz	divisèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divise	divises	divise	divisem	divisetz	divisen
	imperfect	divisèssi	divisèsses	divisèsse	divisèssem	divisèssetz	divisèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divisa		divisem	divisatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		divisar			aver divisat
gerund		divisant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divisat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divise	divises	divisa	divisam	divisatz	divison
	imperfect	divisave	divisaves	divisava	divisaviam	divisaviatz	divisavon
	preterite	divisere	diviseres	diviset	divisem	divisetz	diviseron
	future	divisarai	divisaràs	divisará	divisarem	divisaretz	divisarán
	conditional	divisariá	divisariás	divisariá	divisariam	divisariatz	divisarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divisèra	divisèras	divisèra	diviseram	diviseratz	divisèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divise	divises	divise	divisassiam	divisassiatz	divison
	imperfect	divisesse	divisesses	divisesse	divisessiam	divisessiatz	divisesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divisa		divisassiam	divisatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		divisar			aver divisat
gerund		divisant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divisat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divisi	divisas	divisa	divisam	divisatz	divisan
	imperfect	divisavi	divisavas	divisava	divisàvam	divisàvatz	divisavan
	preterite	divisèi	divisès	divisè	divisèm	divisètz	divisèn
	future	divisarèi	divisaràs	divisarà	divisaram	divisaratz	divisaràn
	conditional	divisarí	divisarés	divisaré	divisarem	divisaretz	divisarén
	conditional 2nd form1	divisèra	divisèras	divisèra	diviseram	diviseratz	divisèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divisi	divises	divise	divisem	divisetz	divisen
	imperfect	divisèssi	divisèsses	divisèsse	divisèssem	divisèssetz	divisèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divisa		divisem	divisatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		divisar			aver divisat
gerund		divisant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divisat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divise	divisas	divisa	divisam	divisatz	divisan
	imperfect	divisava	divisavas	divisava	divisàvam	divisàvatz	divisavan
	preterite	divisei	diviseras	diviset	divisèram	divisèratz	diviseran
	future	divisarai	divisaràs	divisará	divisarem	divisaretz	divisarán
	conditional	divisariá	divisariàs	divisariá	divisariam	divisariatz	divisarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divisèra	divisèras	divisèra	diviseram	diviseratz	divisèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divise	divises	divise	divisem	divisetz	divisen
	imperfect	divisèsse	divisèsses	divisèsse	divisèssem	divisèssetz	divisèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divisa		divisem	divisatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		divisar			aver divisat
gerund		divisant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divisat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divise	divises	divisa	divisam	divisatz	divisan
	imperfect	divisavi	divisavas	divisava	divisàvem	divisàvetz	divisavan
	preterite	divisère	divisères	divisèt	diviseriam	diviseriatz	divisèron
	future	divisarai	divisaràs	divisarà	divisarem	divisaretz	divisaràn
	conditional	divisariáu	divisariás	divisariá	divisariam	divisariatz	divisarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divisèra	divisèras	divisèra	diviseram	diviseratz	divisèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divise	divises	divise	divisem	divisetz	divisan
	imperfect	divisèsse	divisèsses	divisèsse	divisessiam	divisessiatz	divisèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divisa		divisem	divisatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *wiðō

Latin *vidō

Latin dīvidō

Latin dīvīsus

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese divisar

From Latin dīvīsus + Portuguese -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.viˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.viˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.viˈza(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.viˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.viˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.viˈzaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.biˈzaɾ/ [di.βiˈzaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.viˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sar

Verb

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisei, past participle divisado)

1. (transitive) to see
2. (transitive) to demarcate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divisar (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	divisar
Personal	divisar	divisares	divisar	divisarmos	divisardes	divisarem
Gerund
	divisando
Past participle
Masculine	divisado			divisados
Feminine	divisada			divisadas
Indicative
Present	diviso	divisas	divisa	divisamos	divisais	divisam
Imperfect	divisava	divisavas	divisava	divisávamos	divisáveis	divisavam
Preterite	divisei	divisaste	divisou	divisamos1, divisámos2	divisastes	divisaram
Pluperfect	divisara	divisaras	divisara	divisáramos	divisáreis	divisaram
Future	divisarei	divisarás	divisará	divisaremos	divisareis	divisarão
Conditional	divisaria	divisarias	divisaria	divisaríamos	divisaríeis	divisariam
Subjunctive
Present	divise	divises	divise	divisemos	diviseis	divisem
Imperfect	divisasse	divisasses	divisasse	divisássemos	divisásseis	divisassem
Future	divisar	divisares	divisar	divisarmos	divisardes	divisarem
Imperative
Affirmative		divisa	divise	divisemos	divisai	divisem
Negative (não)		não divises	não divise	não divisemos	não diviseis	não divisem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “divisar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “divisar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “divisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “divisar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “divisar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “divisar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *wiðō

Latin *vidō

Latin dīvidō

Latin dīvīsus

Spanish -ar

Spanish divisar

From Latin dīvīsus + Spanish -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈsaɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧vi‧sar

Verb

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisé, past participle divisado)

1. (transitive) to spot, to make out, to sight, to descry, to espy, to spy

   Synonym: vislumbrar

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 3:

     [El Basilisco] vive en cuevas, desde donde acecha a su víctima, asomando sólo la cabeza, para matarla con la mirada. Si sólo le alcanza a divisar un brazo o una pierna, el individuo no muere, pero queda con aquel miembro paralizado por el resto de sus días.

     [The Basilisk] lives in caves, from which it stalks its victim, poking out only its head in order to kill them with its gaze. If it manages to glimpse only an arm or a leg, the individual does not die, but is left with that limb paralized for the rest of their days.

2. (transitive) to perceive

   Synonym: percibir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			divisar
gerund			divisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divisado		divisada
		plural		divisados		divisadas
		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	diviso	divisastú divisásvos	divisa	divisamos	divisáis	divisan
	imperfect	divisaba	divisabas	divisaba	divisábamos	divisabais	divisaban
	preterite	divisé	divisaste	divisó	divisamos	divisasteis	divisaron
	future	divisaré	divisarás	divisará	divisaremos	divisaréis	divisarán
	conditional	divisaría	divisarías	divisaría	divisaríamos	divisaríais	divisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	divise	divisestú divisésvos2	divise	divisemos	diviséis	divisen
	imperfect (ra)	divisara	divisaras	divisara	divisáramos	divisarais	divisaran
	imperfect (se)	divisase	divisases	divisase	divisásemos	divisaseis	divisasen
	future1	divisare	divisares	divisare	divisáremos	divisareis	divisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		divisatú divisávos	divise	divisemos	divisad	divisen
	negative		no divises	no divise	no divisemos	no diviséis	no divisen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of divisar

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 divisar	dative	divisarme	divisarte	divisarle, divisarse	divisarnos	divisaros	divisarles, divisarse
	accusative	divisarme	divisarte	divisarlo, divisarla, divisarse	divisarnos	divisaros	divisarlos, divisarlas, divisarse
with gerund divisando	dative	divisándome	divisándote	divisándole, divisándose	divisándonos	divisándoos	divisándoles, divisándose
	accusative	divisándome	divisándote	divisándolo, divisándola, divisándose	divisándonos	divisándoos	divisándolos, divisándolas, divisándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative divisa	dative	divísame	divísate	divísale	divísanos	not used	divísales
	accusative	divísame	divísate	divísalo, divísala	divísanos	not used	divísalos, divísalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative divisá	dative	divisame	divisate	divisale	divisanos	not used	divisales
	accusative	divisame	divisate	divisalo, divisala	divisanos	not used	divisalos, divisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative divise	dative	divíseme	not used	divísele, divísese	divísenos	not used	divíseles
	accusative	divíseme	not used	divíselo, divísela, divísese	divísenos	not used	divíselos, divíselas
with first-person plural imperative divisemos	dative	not used	divisémoste	divisémosle	divisémonos	divisémoos	divisémosles
	accusative	not used	divisémoste	divisémoslo, divisémosla	divisémonos	divisémoos	divisémoslos, divisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative divisad	dative	divisadme	not used	divisadle	divisadnos	divisaos	divisadles
	accusative	divisadme	not used	divisadlo, divisadla	divisadnos	divisaos	divisadlos, divisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative divisen	dative	divísenme	not used	divísenle	divísennos	not used	divísenles, divísense
	accusative	divísenme	not used	divísenlo, divísenla	divísennos	not used	divísenlos, divísenlas, divísense

Derived terms

• divisadero

Further reading

• “divisar”, 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