Occitan

Verb

lançar

1. to throw

Synonyms

• bandir

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin lanceāre ‎(“to throw a spear”), from Latin lancea ‎(“spear”), from Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lanˈt͡saɾ/

Verb

lançar

1. to throw
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

Descendants

• Galician: lanzar
• Portuguese: lançar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lãçar (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lançar, from Late Latin lanceāre ‎(“to throw a spear”), from Latin lancea ‎(“spear”), from Celtiberian. Cognate with Galician lanzar, Spanish lanzar, Catalan llançar, Occitan lançar, French lancer and Italian lanciare.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/
• Hyphenation: lan‧çar

Verb

lançar ‎(first-person singular present indicative lanço, past participle lançado)

1. to launch
2. to throw or shoot (with force)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lançar.

Conjugation