glosar

See also: glosář

Catalan

Etymology

From glosa (“short, improvised folk song”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ɡluˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [ɡloˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡloˈzaɾ]
• Homophone: glosà

Verb

glosar (first-person singular present gloso, first-person singular preterite glosí, past participle glosat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (intransitive) to compose gloses (short, often improvised, folk songs)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of glosar (first conjugation)

infinitive			glosar
gerund			glosant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		glosat		glosada
		plural		glosats		glosades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gloso	gloses	glosa	glosem	gloseu	glosen
	imperfect	glosava	glosaves	glosava	glosàvem	glosàveu	glosaven
	future	glosaré	glosaràs	glosarà	glosarem	glosareu	glosaran
	preterite	glosí	glosares	glosà	glosàrem	glosàreu	glosaren
	conditional	glosaria	glosaries	glosaria	glosaríem	glosaríeu	glosarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	glosi	glosis	glosi	glosem	gloseu	glosin
	imperfect	glosés	glosessis	glosés	gloséssim	gloséssiu	glosessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	glosa	glosi	glosem	gloseu	glosin
	negative (no)	—	no glosis	no glosi	no glosem	no gloseu	no glosin

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “glosar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “glosar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “glosar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “glosar”, 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

Middle English

Noun

glosar

1. (Promptorium Parvulorum) alternative form of glosour

Portuguese

Etymology

From glosa + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡluˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: glo‧sar

Verb

glosar (first-person singular present gloso, first-person singular preterite glosei, past participle glosado)

1. (transitive) to gloss (add a gloss to a piece of text)
2. (transitive) to summarise; to recapitulate (give a recapitulation of the salient facts)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of glosar (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	glosar
Personal	glosar	glosares	glosar	glosarmos	glosardes	glosarem
Gerund
	glosando
Past participle
Masculine	glosado			glosados
Feminine	glosada			glosadas
Indicative
Present	gloso	glosas	glosa	glosamos	glosais	glosam
Imperfect	glosava	glosavas	glosava	glosávamos	glosáveis	glosavam
Preterite	glosei	glosaste	glosou	glosamos1, glosámos2	glosastes	glosaram
Pluperfect	glosara	glosaras	glosara	glosáramos	glosáreis	glosaram
Future	glosarei	glosarás	glosará	glosaremos	glosareis	glosarão
Conditional	glosaria	glosarias	glosaria	glosaríamos	glosaríeis	glosariam
Subjunctive
Present	glose	gloses	glose	glosemos	gloseis	glosem
Imperfect	glosasse	glosasses	glosasse	glosássemos	glosásseis	glosassem
Future	glosar	glosares	glosar	glosarmos	glosardes	glosarem
Imperative
Affirmative		glosa	glose	glosemos	glosai	glosem
Negative (não)		não gloses	não glose	não glosemos	não gloseis	não glosem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• glossário

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French glossaire.

Noun

glosar n (plural glosare)

1. glossary

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	glosar	glosarul	glosare	glosarele
genitive-dative	glosar	glosarului	glosare	glosarelor
vocative	glosarule		glosarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin glōssārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǒsaːr/
• Hyphenation: glo‧sar

Noun

glòsār m inan (Cyrillic spelling гло̀са̄р)

1. glossary

Declension

Declension of glosar

	singular	plural
nominative	glòsār	glosari
genitive	glosára	glosara
dative	glosaru	glosarima
accusative	glosar	glosare
vocative	glosare	glosari
locative	glosaru	glosarima
instrumental	glosarom	glosarima

Spanish

Etymology

From glosa + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈsaɾ/ [ɡloˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: glo‧sar

Verb

glosar (first-person singular present gloso, first-person singular preterite glosé, past participle glosado)

1. (transitive) to gloss (annotate)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of glosar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			glosar
gerund			glosando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		glosado		glosada
		plural		glosados		glosadas
		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	gloso	glosastú glosásvos	glosa	glosamos	glosáis	glosan
	imperfect	glosaba	glosabas	glosaba	glosábamos	glosabais	glosaban
	preterite	glosé	glosaste	glosó	glosamos	glosasteis	glosaron
	future	glosaré	glosarás	glosará	glosaremos	glosaréis	glosarán
	conditional	glosaría	glosarías	glosaría	glosaríamos	glosaríais	glosarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	glose	glosestú glosésvos2	glose	glosemos	gloséis	glosen
	imperfect (ra)	glosara	glosaras	glosara	glosáramos	glosarais	glosaran
	imperfect (se)	glosase	glosases	glosase	glosásemos	glosaseis	glosasen
	future1	glosare	glosares	glosare	glosáremos	glosareis	glosaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		glosatú glosávos	glose	glosemos	glosad	glosen
	negative		no gloses	no glose	no glosemos	no gloséis	no glosen

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

    Selected combined forms of glosar

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 glosar	dative	glosarme	glosarte	glosarle, glosarse	glosarnos	glosaros	glosarles, glosarse
	accusative	glosarme	glosarte	glosarlo, glosarla, glosarse	glosarnos	glosaros	glosarlos, glosarlas, glosarse
with gerund glosando	dative	glosándome	glosándote	glosándole, glosándose	glosándonos	glosándoos	glosándoles, glosándose
	accusative	glosándome	glosándote	glosándolo, glosándola, glosándose	glosándonos	glosándoos	glosándolos, glosándolas, glosándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative glosa	dative	glósame	glósate	glósale	glósanos	not used	glósales
	accusative	glósame	glósate	glósalo, glósala	glósanos	not used	glósalos, glósalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative glosá	dative	glosame	glosate	glosale	glosanos	not used	glosales
	accusative	glosame	glosate	glosalo, glosala	glosanos	not used	glosalos, glosalas
with formal second-person singular imperative glose	dative	glóseme	not used	glósele, glósese	glósenos	not used	glóseles
	accusative	glóseme	not used	glóselo, glósela, glósese	glósenos	not used	glóselos, glóselas
with first-person plural imperative glosemos	dative	not used	glosémoste	glosémosle	glosémonos	glosémoos	glosémosles
	accusative	not used	glosémoste	glosémoslo, glosémosla	glosémonos	glosémoos	glosémoslos, glosémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative glosad	dative	glosadme	not used	glosadle	glosadnos	glosaos	glosadles
	accusative	glosadme	not used	glosadlo, glosadla	glosadnos	glosaos	glosadlos, glosadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative glosen	dative	glósenme	not used	glósenle	glósennos	not used	glósenles, glósense
	accusative	glósenme	not used	glósenlo, glósenla	glósennos	not used	glósenlos, glósenlas, glósense

Further reading

• “glosar”, 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