concitar

From Latin concitare.

• Hyphenation: con‧ci‧tar

concitar (first-person singular present concito, first-person singular preterite concitei, past participle concitado)

1. (transitive) to instigate, to incite, to provoke, stir up

   Synonyms: instigar, incitar, instilar

   concitar uma revolta ― to instigate a revolt

2. (reflexive) to anger, become angry

   Synonyms: enraivecer, zangar

   Concitou-se com o trabalho. ― He got angry with work.

From Latin concitare.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konθiˈtaɾ/ [kõn̟.θiˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /konsiˈtaɾ/ [kõn.siˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ci‧tar

concitar (first-person singular present concito, first-person singular preterite concité, past participle concitado)

1. to instigate, excite, stir up
   • 1821, Antonio Ranz Romanillos (translating Plutarch), Vidas paralelas:

     Reprendían, pues, a Marcelo, lo primero porque había concitado odio y envidia a la ciudad

     Sp, they chided Marcelo, first of all because he had stirred up the city to hate and envy.

   • 1998, José Luis Avila Orive, El suelo como elemento ambiental:

     Con todo, se fueron produciendo tales ensanches, concitando inicialmente una gran atención institucional y ciudadana, en detrimento del saneamiento de las poblaciones.

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2. to join; to bring together

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