intuir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intuērī (“to look upon; to contemplate”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [in.tuˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

intuir (first-person singular present intueixo, first-person singular preterite intuí, past participle intuït)

1. to know intuitively

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intuir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			intuir
gerund			intuint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intuït		intuïda
		plural		intuïts		intuïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intueixo	intueixes	intueix	intuïm	intuïu	intueixen
	imperfect	intuïa	intuïes	intuïa	intuíem	intuíeu	intuïen
	future	intuiré	intuiràs	intuirà	intuirem	intuireu	intuiran
	preterite	intuí	intuïres	intuí	intuírem	intuíreu	intuïren
	conditional	intuiria	intuiries	intuiria	intuiríem	intuiríeu	intuirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intueixi	intueixis	intueixi	intuïm	intuïu	intueixin
	imperfect	intuís	intuïssis	intuís	intuíssim	intuíssiu	intuïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	intueix	intueixi	intuïm	intuïu	intueixin
	negative (no)	—	no intueixis	no intueixi	no intuïm	no intuïu	no intueixin

Related terms

• intuïció
• intuïtiu

Further reading

• “intuir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “intuir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “intuir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “intuir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin intuērī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tuˈi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtwi(ʁ)/ [ĩˈtwi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tuˈi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtwi(ʁ)/ [ĩˈtwi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tuˈi(ɾ)/ [ĩ.tʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtwi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tuˈi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtwi(ʁ)/ [ĩˈtwi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tuˈi(ɻ)/ [ĩ.tʊˈi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩˈtwi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtwiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtwiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtwi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧tu‧ir

Verb

intuir (first-person singular present intuo, first-person singular preterite intuí, past participle intuído)

1. to intuit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intuir (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	intuir
Personal	intuir	intuíres	intuir	intuirmos	intuirdes	intuírem
Gerund
	intuindo
Past participle
Masculine	intuído			intuídos
Feminine	intuída			intuídas
Indicative
Present	intuo	intuis	intui	intuímos	intuís	intuem
Imperfect	intuía	intuías	intuía	intuíamos	intuíeis	intuíam
Preterite	intuí	intuíste	intuiu	intuímos	intuístes	intuíram
Pluperfect	intuíra	intuíras	intuíra	intuíramos	intuíreis	intuíram
Future	intuirei	intuirás	intuirá	intuiremos	intuireis	intuirão
Conditional	intuiria	intuirias	intuiria	intuiríamos	intuiríeis	intuiriam
Subjunctive
Present	intua	intuas	intua	intuamos	intuais	intuam
Imperfect	intuísse	intuísses	intuísse	intuíssemos	intuísseis	intuíssem
Future	intuir	intuíres	intuir	intuirmos	intuirdes	intuírem
Imperative
Affirmative		intui	intua	intuamos	intuí	intuam
Negative (não)		não intuas	não intua	não intuamos	não intuais	não intuam

Related terms

• intuição
• intuitivo

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin intuērī (“to look upon; to contemplate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtwiɾ/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪wiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: in‧tuir

Verb

intuir (first-person singular present intuyo, first-person singular preterite intuí, past participle intuido)

1. to intuit (to know intuitively)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			intuir
gerund			intuyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intuido		intuida
		plural		intuidos		intuidas
		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	intuyo	intuyestú intuísvos	intuye	intuimos	intuís	intuyen
	imperfect	intuía	intuías	intuía	intuíamos	intuíais	intuían
	preterite	intuí	intuiste	intuyó	intuimos	intuisteis	intuyeron
	future	intuiré	intuirás	intuirá	intuiremos	intuiréis	intuirán
	conditional	intuiría	intuirías	intuiría	intuiríamos	intuiríais	intuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intuya	intuyastú intuyásvos2	intuya	intuyamos	intuyáis	intuyan
	imperfect (ra)	intuyera	intuyeras	intuyera	intuyéramos	intuyerais	intuyeran
	imperfect (se)	intuyese	intuyeses	intuyese	intuyésemos	intuyeseis	intuyesen
	future1	intuyere	intuyeres	intuyere	intuyéremos	intuyereis	intuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intuyetú intuívos	intuya	intuyamos	intuid	intuyan
	negative		no intuyas	no intuya	no intuyamos	no intuyáis	no intuyan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of intuir

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 intuir
	dative	intuirme	intuirte	intuirle, intuirse	intuirnos	intuiros	intuirles, intuirse
	accusative	intuirme	intuirte	intuirlo, intuirla, intuirse	intuirnos	intuiros	intuirlos, intuirlas, intuirse
with gerund intuyendo
	dative	intuyéndome	intuyéndote	intuyéndole, intuyéndose	intuyéndonos	intuyéndoos	intuyéndoles, intuyéndose
	accusative	intuyéndome	intuyéndote	intuyéndolo, intuyéndola, intuyéndose	intuyéndonos	intuyéndoos	intuyéndolos, intuyéndolas, intuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intuye
	dative	intúyeme	intúyete	intúyele	intúyenos	not used	intúyeles
	accusative	intúyeme	intúyete	intúyelo, intúyela	intúyenos	not used	intúyelos, intúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intuí
	dative	intuime	intuite	intuile	intuinos	not used	intuiles
	accusative	intuime	intuite	intuilo, intuila	intuinos	not used	intuilos, intuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative intuya
	dative	intúyame	not used	intúyale, intúyase	intúyanos	not used	intúyales
	accusative	intúyame	not used	intúyalo, intúyala, intúyase	intúyanos	not used	intúyalos, intúyalas
with first-person plural imperative intuyamos
	dative	not used	intuyámoste	intuyámosle	intuyámonos	intuyámoos	intuyámosles
	accusative	not used	intuyámoste	intuyámoslo, intuyámosla	intuyámonos	intuyámoos	intuyámoslos, intuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intuid
	dative	intuidme	not used	intuidle	intuidnos	intuíos	intuidles
	accusative	intuidme	not used	intuidlo, intuidla	intuidnos	intuíos	intuidlos, intuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intuyan
	dative	intúyanme	not used	intúyanle	intúyannos	not used	intúyanles, intúyanse
	accusative	intúyanme	not used	intúyanlo, intúyanla	intúyannos	not used	intúyanlos, intúyanlas, intúyanse

Related terms

• intuición

 

Further reading

• “intuir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014