ocasionar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From ocasió + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [u.kə.zi.uˈna]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.kə.zi.oˈna]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.ka.zi.oˈnaɾ]
=== Verb ===
ocasionar (first-person singular present ocasiono, first-person singular preterite ocasioní, past participle ocasionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
(transitive) to cause; bring about
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“ocasionar”, 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
“ocasionar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“ocasionar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“ocasionar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From ocasião + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: o‧ca‧si‧o‧nar
=== Verb ===
ocasionar (first-person singular present ocasiono, first-person singular preterite ocasionei, past participle ocasionado)
to occasion, entail
to motivate
to provide (an opportunity)
to arise
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“ocasionar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“ocasionar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From ocasión + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /okasjoˈnaɾ/ [o.ka.sjoˈnaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: o‧ca‧sio‧nar
=== Verb ===
ocasionar (first-person singular present ocasiono, first-person singular preterite ocasioné, past participle ocasionado)
(transitive) to cause
Synonym: provocar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“ocasionar”, 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