decatar

de- +‎ catar from Late Latin cattāre (“look at, see”).

• IPA^(key): /dekaˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.kaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ca‧tar

decatar (first-person singular indicative present decato, past participle decatáu)

1. (Western Asturias) to realize

   Synonyms: pescanciar, catar, cayer, alvertir

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “decatar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From Old Galician-Portuguese decatar ("to perceive, notice", 14th century), from *decattare, from Latin de- + captāre (“to seize, catch”). Compare Spanish percatar.

• IPA^(key): /dekaˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.kɑˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧ca‧tar

decatar (first-person singular present decato, first-person singular preterite decatei, past participle decatado)

1. to realize (to become aware of a fact or situation)

• catar

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

From *decattare, from Latin de- + captāre (“to seize, catch”). First attested in the 14th century.

decatar

1. (Old Galician) to perceive, to notice; to realize
   • 2025 October, Kevin M. Parker, editor, Historia Troyana:

     Et basteçerõ moy bem os muros et as torres de armas et de cõpañas em tal maneyra que acõmo quer que viesem, nõ se decatasem de trayçom

     And they plentifully provided the walls and towers of weapons and troops, in such a manner that no matter how they would come, they wouldn't notice the treason

2. (Old Galician) to be on one's guard

Galician: decatar

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “decatar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “decat”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega