gosar

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan osar, from (compare Occitan ausar), from Vulgar Latin *ausō, *ausāre (compare French oser, Spanish osar), a frequentative verb formed from ausus, perfect active participle of Latin audeō, from Proto-Italic *awidēō (“to be greedy, want very much”). The initial -g- became appended to resolve the hiatus or syllable break between two vowels- e.g. no (g)osar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡuˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡoˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡoˈzaɾ]

Verb

gosar (first-person singular present goso, first-person singular preterite gosí, past participle gosat)

1. (intransitive) to dare (to have enough courage to do something)

Derived terms

• agosarat

Further reading

• “gosar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gosar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “gosar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gosar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish gozar, from Spanish gozo, from Latin gaudium (“joy”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: go‧sar

Verb

gosar

1. to enjoy oneself

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Swedish

Verb

gosar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of gosa.

Anagrams

• agors, sagor