instigar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguí, past participle instigat)

  1. (ditransitive) to incite (someone to do something); to abet

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩs.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩʃ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩʃ.t͡ʃiˈɡa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩʃ.tiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩʃ.tiˈɣaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩʃ.tiˈɡa.ɾi/ [ĩʃ.tiˈɣa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧gar

Verb

instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguei, past participle instigado)

  1. (transitive) to encourage, incite or induce others to practice a certain action
  2. (transitive) to tease; stir up
  3. (transitive) to advise; suggest; persuade
  4. (transitive) ordering or encouraging attack, aggression, etc.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnstīgāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /instiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩns.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ins‧ti‧gar

Verb

instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instigué, past participle instigado)

  1. (transitive) to instigate, incite, urge

Conjugation

Further reading

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