interessar

Catalan

Etymology

From interès (“interest”) +‎ -ar. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tə.ɾəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.te.ɾeˈsaɾ]

Verb

interessar (first-person singular present interesso, first-person singular preterite interessí, past participle interessat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

1. to interest (to attract attention or concern)

   Antonym: desinteressar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interessar (first conjugation)

infinitive			interessar
gerund			interessant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		interessat		interessada
		plural		interessats		interessades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interesso	interesses	interessa	interessem	interesseu	interessen
	imperfect	interessava	interessaves	interessava	interessàvem	interessàveu	interessaven
	future	interessaré	interessaràs	interessarà	interessarem	interessareu	interessaran
	preterite	interessí	interessares	interessà	interessàrem	interessàreu	interessaren
	conditional	interessaria	interessaries	interessaria	interessaríem	interessaríeu	interessarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interessi	interessis	interessi	interessem	interesseu	interessin
	imperfect	interessés	interessessis	interessés	interesséssim	interesséssiu	interessessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	interessa	interessi	interessem	interesseu	interessin
	negative (no)	—	no interessis	no interessi	no interessem	no interesseu	no interessin

Derived terms

• interessant

Related terms

• desinteressar

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From interesse (“interest”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.te.ɾeˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsaɾ/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾɨˈsaɾ/, /ẽ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsaɾ/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾɨˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsaɾ/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾɨˈsaɾ/, /ẽ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsaɾ/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾɨˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsa.ɾi/, (with ellision) /ĩ.tɾɨˈsa.ɾi/, /ẽ.tɨ.ɾɨˈsa.ɾi/, (with ellision) /ẽ.tɾɨˈsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧sar

Verb

interessar (first-person singular present interesso, first-person singular preterite interessei, past participle interessado)

1. to interest (to attract attention or concern)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interessar (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	interessar
Personal	interessar	interessares	interessar	interessarmos	interessardes	interessarem
Gerund
	interessando
Past participle
Masculine	interessado			interessados
Feminine	interessada			interessadas
Indicative
Present	interesso	interessas	interessa	interessamos	interessais	interessam
Imperfect	interessava	interessavas	interessava	interessávamos	interessáveis	interessavam
Preterite	interessei	interessaste	interessou	interessamos1, interessámos2	interessastes	interessaram
Pluperfect	interessara	interessaras	interessara	interessáramos	interessáreis	interessaram
Future	interessarei	interessarás	interessará	interessaremos	interessareis	interessarão
Conditional	interessaria	interessarias	interessaria	interessaríamos	interessaríeis	interessariam
Subjunctive
Present	interesse	interesses	interesse	interessemos	interesseis	interessem
Imperfect	interessasse	interessasses	interessasse	interessássemos	interessásseis	interessassem
Future	interessar	interessares	interessar	interessarmos	interessardes	interessarem
Imperative
Affirmative		interessa	interesse	interessemos	interessai	interessem
Negative (não)		não interesses	não interesse	não interessemos	não interesseis	não interessem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.