divisar

• devisar (obsolete)

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.βiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.viˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.viˈzaɾ]
• Homophone: divisà

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisí, past participle divisat)

1. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “divisar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “divisar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divisar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “divisar”, 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

• devesir

divisar

1. to divide

   Synonym: dividir

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: di‧vi‧sar

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisei, past participle divisado)

1. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• “divisar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “divisar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “divisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “divisar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “divisar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “divisar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin dīvīsus +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈsaɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧vi‧sar

divisar (first-person singular present diviso, first-person singular preterite divisé, past participle divisado)

1. (transitive) to spot, to make out, to sight, to descry, to espy, to spy

   Synonym: vislumbrar

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 3:

     [El Basilisco] vive en cuevas, desde donde acecha a su víctima, asomando sólo la cabeza, para matarla con la mirada. Si sólo le alcanza a divisar un brazo o una pierna, el individuo no muere, pero queda con aquel miembro paralizado por el resto de sus días.

     [The Basilisk] lives in caves, from which it stalks its victim, poking out only its head in order to kill them with its gaze. If it manages to glimpse only an arm or a leg, the individual does not die, but is left with that limb paralized for the rest of their days.

2. (transitive) to perceive

   Synonym: percibir

• “divisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024