otar

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic.

Noun

otar

1. pasture

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “otar”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From archaic oto (“high”), from Latin altus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈtaɾ/ [oˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧tar

Verb

otar (first-person singular present oto, first-person singular preterite oté, past participle otado)

1. (archaic, transitive) to spot; espy (from somewhere high)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of otar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			otar
gerund			otando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		otado		otada
		plural		otados		otadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	oto	otastú otásvos	ota	otamos	otáis	otan
	imperfect	otaba	otabas	otaba	otábamos	otabais	otaban
	preterite	oté	otaste	otó	otamos	otasteis	otaron
	future	otaré	otarás	otará	otaremos	otaréis	otarán
	conditional	otaría	otarías	otaría	otaríamos	otaríais	otarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ote	otestú otésvos2	ote	otemos	otéis	oten
	imperfect (ra)	otara	otaras	otara	otáramos	otarais	otaran
	imperfect (se)	otase	otases	otase	otásemos	otaseis	otasen
	future1	otare	otares	otare	otáremos	otareis	otaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		otatú otávos	ote	otemos	otad	oten
	negative		no otes	no ote	no otemos	no otéis	no oten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• otear

Further reading

• “otar”, 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