mesar

Catalan

Etymology

From mesa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [məˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [meˈzaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [meˈza]

Verb

mesar (first-person singular present meso, first-person singular preterite mesí, past participle mesat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) (of a tree) to bud

   Synonym: brotar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of mesar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mesar
gerund			mesant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mesat		mesada
		plural		mesats		mesades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	meso	meses	mesa	mesem	meseu	mesen
	imperfect	mesava	mesaves	mesava	mesàvem	mesàveu	mesaven
	future	mesaré	mesaràs	mesarà	mesarem	mesareu	mesaran
	preterite	mesí	mesares	mesà	mesàrem	mesàreu	mesaren
	conditional	mesaria	mesaries	mesaria	mesaríem	mesaríeu	mesarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mesi	mesis	mesi	mesem	meseu	mesin
	imperfect	mesés	mesessis	mesés	meséssim	meséssiu	mesessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mesa	mesi	mesem	meseu	mesin
	negative (no)	—	no mesis	no mesi	no mesem	no meseu	no mesin

Further reading

• “mesar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męsarь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mêsaːr/
• (regional, Croatia) IPA^(key): /meˈsar/
• Hyphenation: me‧sar

Noun

mȅsār m anim (Cyrillic spelling ме̏са̄р)

1. butcher

   Synonym: kasapin

Declension

Declension of mesar

	singular	plural
nominative	mesar	mesari
genitive	mesara	mesara
dative	mesaru	mesarima
accusative	mesara	mesare
vocative	mesaru	mesari
locative	mesaru	mesarima
instrumental	mesarom	mesarima

Further reading

• “mesar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *męsarь. By surface analysis, mesó +‎ -ár.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛsàːr/

Noun

mesár m anim

1. butcher

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	mesár
gen. sing.	mesárja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mesár	mesárja	mesárji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mesárja	mesárjev	mesárjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	mesárju	mesárjema	mesárjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mesárja	mesárja	mesárje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mesárju	mesárjih	mesárjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mesárjem	mesárjema	mesárji

Further reading

• “mesar”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “mesar”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *messāre, from Latin metĕre (“to harvest, reap, cut off”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mesar (first-person singular present meso, first-person singular preterite mesé, past participle mesado)

1. to pull out; to tear out (hair)
2. (reflexive) to stroke (clarification of this definition is needed)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mesar
gerund			mesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mesado		mesada
		plural		mesados		mesadas
		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	meso	mesastú mesásvos	mesa	mesamos	mesáis	mesan
	imperfect	mesaba	mesabas	mesaba	mesábamos	mesabais	mesaban
	preterite	mesé	mesaste	mesó	mesamos	mesasteis	mesaron
	future	mesaré	mesarás	mesará	mesaremos	mesaréis	mesarán
	conditional	mesaría	mesarías	mesaría	mesaríamos	mesaríais	mesarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mese	mesestú mesésvos2	mese	mesemos	meséis	mesen
	imperfect (ra)	mesara	mesaras	mesara	mesáramos	mesarais	mesaran
	imperfect (se)	mesase	mesases	mesase	mesásemos	mesaseis	mesasen
	future1	mesare	mesares	mesare	mesáremos	mesareis	mesaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mesatú mesávos	mese	mesemos	mesad	mesen
	negative		no meses	no mese	no mesemos	no meséis	no mesen

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

    Selected combined forms of mesar

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 mesar	dative	mesarme	mesarte	mesarle, mesarse	mesarnos	mesaros	mesarles, mesarse
	accusative	mesarme	mesarte	mesarlo, mesarla, mesarse	mesarnos	mesaros	mesarlos, mesarlas, mesarse
with gerund mesando	dative	mesándome	mesándote	mesándole, mesándose	mesándonos	mesándoos	mesándoles, mesándose
	accusative	mesándome	mesándote	mesándolo, mesándola, mesándose	mesándonos	mesándoos	mesándolos, mesándolas, mesándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mesa	dative	mésame	mésate	mésale	mésanos	not used	mésales
	accusative	mésame	mésate	mésalo, mésala	mésanos	not used	mésalos, mésalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mesá	dative	mesame	mesate	mesale	mesanos	not used	mesales
	accusative	mesame	mesate	mesalo, mesala	mesanos	not used	mesalos, mesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mese	dative	méseme	not used	mésele, mésese	mésenos	not used	méseles
	accusative	méseme	not used	méselo, mésela, mésese	mésenos	not used	méselos, méselas
with first-person plural imperative mesemos	dative	not used	mesémoste	mesémosle	mesémonos	mesémoos	mesémosles
	accusative	not used	mesémoste	mesémoslo, mesémosla	mesémonos	mesémoos	mesémoslos, mesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mesad	dative	mesadme	not used	mesadle	mesadnos	mesaos	mesadles
	accusative	mesadme	not used	mesadlo, mesadla	mesadnos	mesaos	mesadlos, mesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mesen	dative	mésenme	not used	mésenle	mésennos	not used	mésenles, mésense
	accusative	mésenme	not used	mésenlo, mésenla	mésennos	not used	mésenlos, mésenlas, mésense

See also

• atusar

Further reading

• “mesar”, 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

• armés, armes, mares, meras, mersa, remás, remas, resma

Swedish

Noun

mesar

1. indefinite plural of mes

Anagrams

• remsa, samer