gozar

From Old Galician-Portuguese gozar (attested ca. 1300), from Old Spanish gozar, from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish gozar.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: go‧zar

gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gocei, past participle gozado)
gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gozei, past participle gozado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (ambitransitive) to enjoy

   Synonym: desfrutar

2. to have fun, frolic

   Synonym: troulear

• gozo

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “gozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “goza”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “gozar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “gozar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “gozar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “gozar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “gozar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

gozar

1. to enjoy

From Old Galician-Portuguese gozar, from Old Spanish gozar, from Latin gaudium (“joy”). Compare Galician and Spanish gozar.

• Hyphenation: go‧zar

gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gozei, past participle gozado)

1. (ambitransitive) to enjoy [transitive or with de ‘something’]

   Synonyms: aproveitar, desfrutar

   Gozas de uma boa saúde. ― You enjoy good health.

2. (reflexive) to enjoy [with de ‘something’]
3. (intransitive) to enjoy [with de ‘prestige’]
4. (intransitive) to enjoy oneself
5. (ambitransitive) to mock (to make fun of) [transitive or with com ‘someone’]

   Synonyms: escarnecer, fazer piada, zombar

   Vocês estão me gozando? ― Are you making fun of me?

6. (intransitive) to joke [with com ‘with someone’]

   Estou a gozar contigo. ― I'm joking.

7. (Brazil, intransitive, slang, vulgar) to cum (to have an orgasm)
8. (Brazil, slang, vulgar) to cum (to ejaculate) [intransitive; or transitive with para ‘for someone’]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:ejacular

   Goza pra mim, seu safado. ― Cum for me, you naughty boy.

From goz +‎ -ar.

gozar m (uncountable)

1. (Transylvania) garbage collector

   Synonym: gunoier

• gozar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Old Spanish gozar, from gozo (“joy”) +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix). Compare Asturian gociar.

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈθaɾ/ [ɡoˈθaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈsaɾ/ [ɡoˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: go‧zar

gozar (first-person singular present gozo, first-person singular preterite gocé, past participle gozado)

1. to enjoy oneself

   Synonym: disfrutar

2. to enjoy

• → Sardinian: gosare, gosai (Campidanese)

• “gozar”, 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