osar

English

Alternative forms

• asar

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish åsar.

Noun

osar (plural osars)

1. An esker.

Anagrams

• aros, AROs, ROSA, oars, SORA, rosa, Soar, Roas, AORs, Orsa, Rosa, ROAS, Raos, ORAS, oras, Sora, sora, ORSA, soar, Raso, AoRs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

osar m

1. indefinite plural of os

Verb

osar

1. present of osa

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ausāre, frequentative from Latin audēre. Compare Portuguese ousar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈsaɾ/ [oˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧sar

Verb

osar (first-person singular present oso, first-person singular preterite osé, past participle osado)

1. (intransitive) to dare

   Synonym: atreverse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of osar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	osar
gerund	osando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	osado	osada
plural	osados	osadas
	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	oso	osastú osásvos	osa	osamos	osáis	osan
imperfect	osaba	osabas	osaba	osábamos	osabais	osaban
preterite	osé	osaste	osó	osamos	osasteis	osaron
future	osaré	osarás	osará	osaremos	osaréis	osarán
conditional	osaría	osarías	osaría	osaríamos	osaríais	osarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	ose	osestú osésvos2	ose	osemos	oséis	osen
imperfect (ra)	osara	osaras	osara	osáramos	osarais	osaran
imperfect (se)	osase	osases	osase	osásemos	osaseis	osasen
future1	osare	osares	osare	osáremos	osareis	osaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		osatú osávos	ose	osemos	osad	osen
negative		no oses	no ose	no osemos	no oséis	no osen

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

    Selected combined forms of osar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

	singular	plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive osar	dative	osarme	osarte	osarle, osarse	osarnos	osaros	osarles, osarse
accusative	osarme	osarte	osarlo, osarla, osarse	osarnos	osaros	osarlos, osarlas, osarse
with gerund osando	dative	osándome	osándote	osándole, osándose	osándonos	osándoos	osándoles, osándose
accusative	osándome	osándote	osándolo, osándola, osándose	osándonos	osándoos	osándolos, osándolas, osándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative osa	dative	ósame	ósate	ósale	ósanos	not used	ósales
accusative	ósame	ósate	ósalo, ósala	ósanos	not used	ósalos, ósalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative osá	dative	osame	osate	osale	osanos	not used	osales
accusative	osame	osate	osalo, osala	osanos	not used	osalos, osalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ose	dative	óseme	not used	ósele, ósese	ósenos	not used	óseles
accusative	óseme	not used	óselo, ósela, ósese	ósenos	not used	óselos, óselas
with first-person plural imperative osemos	dative	not used	osémoste	osémosle	osémonos	osémoos	osémosles
accusative	not used	osémoste	osémoslo, osémosla	osémonos	osémoos	osémoslos, osémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative osad	dative	osadme	not used	osadle	osadnos	osaos	osadles
accusative	osadme	not used	osadlo, osadla	osadnos	osaos	osadlos, osadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative osen	dative	ósenme	not used	ósenle	ósennos	not used	ósenles, ósense
accusative	ósenme	not used	ósenlo, ósenla	ósennos	not used	ósenlos, ósenlas, ósense

Derived terms

• osadía
• osado

Related terms

• audacia
• audaz

Further reading

• “osar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• raso
• rosa

Swedish

Verb

osar

1. present indicative of osa

Anagrams

• Orsa, Rosa, roas, rosa