gozar
Galician
Etymology
Attested since circa 1300. From gozo (“joy, pleasure”) + -ar, from Latin gaudium. Compare Portuguese gozar, Asturian gociar, Catalan gaudir, French jouir, Italian godere, Occitan gausir, and Spanish gozar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡoˈθaɾ], (western) [ɡoˈsaɾ]
Verb
gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gocei, past participle gozado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to enjoy
- Synonym: desfrutar
- to have fun, frolic
- Synonym: troulear
Related terms
References
- “gozar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “goza” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “gozar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gozar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gozar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Ladino
Portuguese
Etymology
From gozo (“joy, pleasure”) + -ar, from Latin gaudium. Compare Asturian gociar, Catalan gaudir, Extremaduran gozal, French jouir, Galician gozar, Italian godere, Leonese gociare, Occitan gausir, and Spanish gozar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡoˈza(ʁ)/ [ɡoˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɡoˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɡoˈza(ʁ)/ [ɡoˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡoˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡuˈzaɾ/
- Hyphenation: go‧zar
Verb
gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gozei, past participle gozado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to enjoy
- Gozas de uma boa saúde. ― You enjoy good health.
- Synonyms: aproveitar, desfrutar
- (transitive with com or with no preposition) to mock (to make fun of someone)
- Vocês estão me gozando? ― Are you making fun of me?
- Synonyms: escarnecer, fazer piada, zombar
- (transitive) to joke
- Estou a gozar contigo. ― I'm joking.
- (Brazil, intransitive, slang, vulgar) to ejaculate; to cum; to have an orgasm
Conjugation
| 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 | gozar | |||||
| Personal | gozar | gozares | gozar | gozarmos | gozardes | gozarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| gozando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | gozado | gozados | ||||
| Feminine | gozada | gozadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | gozo | gozas | goza | gozamos | gozais | gozam |
| Imperfect | gozava | gozavas | gozava | gozávamos | gozáveis | gozavam |
| Preterite | gozei | gozaste | gozou | gozamos1, gozámos2 | gozastes | gozaram |
| Pluperfect | gozara | gozaras | gozara | gozáramos | gozáreis | gozaram |
| Future | gozarei | gozarás | gozará | gozaremos | gozareis | gozarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| gozaria | gozarias | gozaria | gozaríamos | gozaríeis | gozariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | goze | gozes | goze | gozemos | gozeis | gozem |
| Imperfect | gozasse | gozasses | gozasse | gozássemos | gozásseis | gozassem |
| Future | gozar | gozares | gozar | gozarmos | gozardes | gozarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | goza | goze | gozemos | gozai | gozem | |
| Negative (não) | não gozes | não goze | não gozemos | não gozeis | não gozem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡoˈθaɾ/ [ɡoˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡoˈsaɾ/ [ɡoˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: go‧zar
Verb
gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gocé, past participle gozado)
- to enjoy oneself
- Synonym: disfrutar
- to enjoy
Conjugation
| infinitive | gozar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | gozando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | gozado | gozada | |||||
| plural | gozados | gozadas | |||||
| 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 | gozo | gozastú gozásvos |
goza | gozamos | gozáis | gozan | |
| imperfect | gozaba | gozabas | gozaba | gozábamos | gozabais | gozaban | |
| preterite | gocé | gozaste | gozó | gozamos | gozasteis | gozaron | |
| future | gozaré | gozarás | gozará | gozaremos | gozaréis | gozarán | |
| conditional | gozaría | gozarías | gozaría | gozaríamos | gozaríais | gozarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | goce | gocestú gocésvos2 |
goce | gocemos | gocéis | gocen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
gozara | gozaras | gozara | gozáramos | gozarais | gozaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
gozase | gozases | gozase | gozásemos | gozaseis | gozasen | |
| future1 | gozare | gozares | gozare | gozáremos | gozareis | gozaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | gozatú gozávos |
goce | gocemos | gozad | gocen | ||
| negative | no goces | no goce | no gocemos | no gocéis | no gocen | ||
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 gozar | |||||||
| dative | gozarme | gozarte | gozarle, gozarse | gozarnos | gozaros | gozarles, gozarse | |
| accusative | gozarme | gozarte | gozarlo, gozarla, gozarse | gozarnos | gozaros | gozarlos, gozarlas, gozarse | |
| with gerund gozando | |||||||
| dative | gozándome | gozándote | gozándole, gozándose | gozándonos | gozándoos | gozándoles, gozándose | |
| accusative | gozándome | gozándote | gozándolo, gozándola, gozándose | gozándonos | gozándoos | gozándolos, gozándolas, gozándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative goza | |||||||
| dative | gózame | gózate | gózale | gózanos | not used | gózales | |
| accusative | gózame | gózate | gózalo, gózala | gózanos | not used | gózalos, gózalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative gozá | |||||||
| dative | gozame | gozate | gozale | gozanos | not used | gozales | |
| accusative | gozame | gozate | gozalo, gozala | gozanos | not used | gozalos, gozalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative goce | |||||||
| dative | góceme | not used | gócele, gócese | gócenos | not used | góceles | |
| accusative | góceme | not used | gócelo, gócela, gócese | gócenos | not used | gócelos, gócelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative gocemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | gocémoste | gocémosle | gocémonos | gocémoos | gocémosles | |
| accusative | not used | gocémoste | gocémoslo, gocémosla | gocémonos | gocémoos | gocémoslos, gocémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative gozad | |||||||
| dative | gozadme | not used | gozadle | gozadnos | gozaos | gozadles | |
| accusative | gozadme | not used | gozadlo, gozadla | gozadnos | gozaos | gozadlos, gozadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative gocen | |||||||
| dative | gócenme | not used | gócenle | gócennos | not used | gócenles, gócense | |
| accusative | gócenme | not used | gócenlo, gócenla | gócennos | not used | gócenlos, gócenlas, gócense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gozar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014