basar
/baˈsaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to base on
🧱 basar = base + -ar, the verb ending: to give something a base
Same root as English base and basis, from Latin basis. Spanish turns the noun base into a verb by adding -ar. A common pattern is basarse en, to be based on: La película se basa en un libro means the film is based on a book.