catar
Spanish, verb/kaˈtaɾ/
catar is a Spanish verb meaning “to taste (wine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Probar algo con el sentido del gusto, especialmente el vino”.
What does catar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to taste (wine)
- 2
to sample (an appetizer)
- 3
to examine, look at
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Probar algo con el sentido del gusto, especialmente el vino. 2. Extraer miel de un panal de abejas. 3. Mirar, buscar, pensar, inquirir, ver, examinar, registrar. 4. Buscar, tratar de obtener algo.
verb: 1. Practicar un orificio en el cuerpo de alguien, especialmente en el lóbulo de la oreja, para introducir algún adorno.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of catar
- cato first-person present singular
- caté first-person preterite singular
- catado participle past
- catando gerund
- catada feminine participle past
- catados masculine participle past
- catadas feminine participle past
- catas indicative informal present
- catás indicative informal present
- cata indicative present singular
- catamos first-person indicative plural
- catáis indicative plural present
- catan indicative plural present
- cataba first-person imperfect indicative
- catabas imperfect indicative second-person
- catábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- catabais imperfect indicative plural
- cataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce catar?
- /kaˈtaɾ/
- [kaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to catar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is catar in Spanish?
catar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).