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Quick answer
Caçar pursues prey; cassar withdraws an official right or authorization.
A reliable test is to identify the job of the word before translating from English.
What each word does
caçar
to hunt
Use caçar for pursuing animals or, figuratively, searching intensely for something.
cassar
to revoke or annul
Use cassar for officially withdrawing a mandate, license, registration, or legal right.
How to choose
- caçar: Choose caçar if the sentence points to pursuing animals or, figuratively, searching intensely for something.
- cassar: Choose cassar if the sentence points to officially withdrawing a mandate, license, registration, or legal right.
Examples
A lei proíbe caçar nesta área.
The law prohibits hunting in this area.
O tribunal cassou o mandato.
The court revoked the mandate.
Common trap
They are homophones in Brazilian Portuguese. A caça has a cedilla; a cassação has double s.
Practice it in context
Pick one sentence from your real life and write it twice: once with caçar, then once with cassar. If both versions feel possible, name the meaning shift.
Turn this distinction into automatic recall
Falando teaches Brazilian Portuguese through grammar, vocabulary, audio, examples, and spaced review, so confusing pairs stop feeling like guesses.