cazar

/kaˈθaɾ/ · B1 · verb

to hunt

🏹🦌 cazar shares a Latin root with chase and capture: to hunt is to chase

From Latin captiare, to try to seize. Old French turned it into chacier, which gave English chase, and Spanish turned it into cazar. A hunter chases and captures prey, and a goalkeeper captures the ball.

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