instigar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguí, past participle instigat)
- (ditransitive) to incite (someone to do something); to abet
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of instigar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “instigar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧gar
Verb edit
instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguei, past participle instigado)
- (transitive) to encourage, incite or induce others to practice a certain action
- (transitive) to tease; stir up
- (transitive) to advise; suggest; persuade
- (transitive) ordering or encouraging attack, aggression, etc.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of instigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “instigar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “instigar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “instigar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “instigar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “instigar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “instigar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instigué, past participle instigado)
- (transitive) to instigate, incite, urge
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of instigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of instigar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “instigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014