caza

See also: càza, cazá, câza, and Cazã

English

Noun

caza (plural cazas)

1. (politics, chiefly historical) Alternative form of kaza.

Asturian

Verb

caza

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

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. hunting
2. hunt

Related terms

• cazar

Further reading

• “caza”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Etymology 2

Verb

caza

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

Portuguese

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. obsolete spelling of casa

Verb

caza

1. obsolete spelling of casa

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French caser.

Verb

a caza (third-person singular present cazează, past participle cazat) 1st conjugation

1. to house, to shelter

Conjugation

    conjugation of caza (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a caza
gerund			cazând
past participle			cazat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cazez	cazezi	cazează	cazăm	cazați	cazează
	imperfect	cazam	cazai	caza	cazam	cazați	cazau
	simple perfect	cazai	cazași	cază	cazarăm	cazarăți	cazară
	pluperfect	cazasem	cazaseși	cazase	cazaserăm	cazaserăți	cazaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cazez	să cazezi	să cazeze	să cazăm	să cazați	să cazeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		cazează			cazați
	negative		nu caza			nu cazați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaθa/ [ˈka.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkasa/ [ˈka.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -asa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧za
• Homophone: (Latin America) casa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cazar.

Noun

caza f (plural cazas)

1. (countable or uncountable) hunting, hunt (act of finding and killing a wild animal; art of hunting)
2. persecution, hunting (act of pursuing in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict)
3. (uncountable) game (wild animals hunted for food; meat of these animals)
4. (uncountable) prey (animal hunted by another animal)
5. hunting ground (area used for hunting)
6. hunting party (group of people gathered to hunt together)

Noun

caza m (plural cazas)

1. ellipsis of avión de caza: fighter, fighter plane (military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft)
   • 2022 October 20, Miguel González, “14 cazas españoles vigilarán el mar Negro desde Bulgaria y Rumania”, in El País‎:

     A partir del 1 de diciembre, ocho cazas F-18 y 130 militares españoles operarán desde Rumania, en el marco de los planes de la OTAN para reforzar la defensa de los aliados más próximos a Rusia.

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Derived terms

• alborotar la caza
• avión de caza
• buey de caza
• caza de brujas
• caza furtiva
• caza mayor
• caza menor
• cuerno de caza
• dar caza
• espantar la caza
• partida de caza
• perro de caza
• pólvora de caza
• seguir la caza

Related terms

• cazador
• cazar

Etymology 2

Verb

caza

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

Further reading

• “caza”, 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