lassar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lassāre (“to tire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ləˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [laˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [laˈsa]

Verb

lassar (first-person singular present lasso, first-person singular preterite lassí, past participle lassat)

1. (transitive) to tire; to fatigue

   Synonyms: cansar, fatigar

2. (intransitive, pronominal) to tire

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of lassar (first conjugation)

infinitive			lassar
gerund			lassant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lassat		lassada
		plural		lassats		lassades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lasso	lasses	lassa	lassem	lasseu	lassen
	imperfect	lassava	lassaves	lassava	lassàvem	lassàveu	lassaven
	future	lassaré	lassaràs	lassarà	lassarem	lassareu	lassaran
	preterite	lassí	lassares	lassà	lassàrem	lassàreu	lassaren
	conditional	lassaria	lassaries	lassaria	lassaríem	lassaríeu	lassarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	lassi	lassis	lassi	lassem	lasseu	lassin
	imperfect	lassés	lassessis	lassés	lasséssim	lasséssiu	lassessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	lassa	lassi	lassem	lasseu	lassin
	negative (no)	—	no lassis	no lassi	no lassem	no lasseu	no lassin

Related terms

• las

Further reading

• “lassar”, 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

Interlingua

Etymology

Derived from French laisser and Italian lassare, both from Latin laxō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈsar/

Verb

lassar

1. (auxiliary) to let
2. (transitive) to leave (both senses)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lassar

infinitive		lassar
participle		present	perfect
		lassante	lassate
active		simple	perfect
	present	lassa	ha lassate
	past	lassava	habeva lassate
	future	lassara	habera lassate
	conditional	lassarea	haberea lassate
	imperative	lassa	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es lassate	ha essite lassate
	past	esseva lassate	habeva essite lassate
	future	essera lassate	habera essite lassate
	conditional	esserea lassate	haberea essite lassate
	imperative	sia lassate	—

Derived terms

• lassar facer

Further reading

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Old Irish

Etymology

From a substantivization of Proto-Celtic *laxsaros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪a.səɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈl̪a.saɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈl̪a.səɾ]

Noun

lassar f

1. flame, fire

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	lassarL	lassairL	lasraH
vocative	lassarL	lassairL	lasraH
accusative	lassairN	lassairL	lasraH
genitive	lasraeH	lassarL	lassarN
dative	lassairL	lasraib	lasraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• lasardae (“burning, blazing”, adjective)

Related terms

• lasaid

Descendants

• Irish: lasair
• Scottish Gaelic: lasair

Mutation

Mutation of lassar

radical	lenition	nasalization
lassar also llassar in h-prothesis environments	lassar pronounced with /l-/	lassar also llassar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lasar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Portuguese

Etymology

From lasso (“lax”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈsa.ɾi/

• Homophone: laçar
• Hyphenation: las‧sar

Verb

lassar (first-person singular present lasso, first-person singular preterite lassei, past participle lassado)

1. to loosen (to make something less tight)

   Synonyms: afrouxar, desamarrar, desapertar

   Antonyms: amarrar, apertar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lassar (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	lassar
Personal	lassar	lassares	lassar	lassarmos	lassardes	lassarem
Gerund
	lassando
Past participle
Masculine	lassado			lassados
Feminine	lassada			lassadas
Indicative
Present	lasso	lassas	lassa	lassamos	lassais	lassam
Imperfect	lassava	lassavas	lassava	lassávamos	lassáveis	lassavam
Preterite	lassei	lassaste	lassou	lassamos1, lassámos2	lassastes	lassaram
Pluperfect	lassara	lassaras	lassara	lassáramos	lassáreis	lassaram
Future	lassarei	lassarás	lassará	lassaremos	lassareis	lassarão
Conditional	lassaria	lassarias	lassaria	lassaríamos	lassaríeis	lassariam
Subjunctive
Present	lasse	lasses	lasse	lassemos	lasseis	lassem
Imperfect	lassasse	lassasses	lassasse	lassássemos	lassásseis	lassassem
Future	lassar	lassares	lassar	lassarmos	lassardes	lassarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lassa	lasse	lassemos	lassai	lassem
Negative (não)		não lasses	não lasse	não lassemos	não lasseis	não lassem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• lasseiro
• lassidão
• lassidez
• lassitude
• lasso

Further reading

• “lassar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swedish

Verb

lassar

1. present indicative of lassa