caça

See also: caca, Caca, caçà, cáca, căca, and ćaća

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈka.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -asa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from caçar.

Noun

caça f (plural caces)

1. hunting
2. hunt
3. game

Derived terms

• caça de bruixes
• caça major
• caça menor

Noun

caça m (plural caces)

1. fighter (the aircraft)

Etymology 2

Verb

caça

1. inflection of caçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “caça”, 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

Old Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.t͡s̪a/

Noun

caça f (plural caças)

1. hunting

Descendants

• Spanish: caza

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.sɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.sɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asɐ
• Homophone: cassa
• Hyphenation: ca‧ça

Etymology 1

Deverbal from caçar, from Late Latin captiāre (“to seize”), from Latin captō (“to catch or grasp at”), from capiō (“to take, to capture, to seize”).

Noun

caça f (plural caças)

1. (uncountable) hunting (chasing animals for game or food)
2. hunt (a hunting expedition)
3. (uncountable) game (animals hunted for food)

Noun

caça m (plural caças)

1. fighter (military aircraft designed to attack other aircraft)

Derived terms

• caça ao tesouro
• cão de caça

Related terms

• (fighter): bombardeiro, avião

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

caça

1. inflection of caçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “caça”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Verb

caça

1. inflection of caçar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative