bezar

See also: bezár

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin bāsiāre.

Verb

bezar

1. to kiss
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development (overall work in English), page 377:

     Pur la tu puer-ta yo pa-si la tu-pi in-se-ra-da, la ya vi-du-ra yo bi-zi cu-mo bi-zar tus ca-ras

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Idelsohn is giving the lyrics to a folk-song

Related terms

• bezo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈθaɾ/ [beˈθaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /beˈsaɾ/ [beˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧zar

Noun

bezar m (plural bezares)

1. alternative form of bezaar
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 312:

     La piedra bezar es un remedio excelente para la melancolía y las afecciones intestinales.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “bezaar”, 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