instigar

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ins.tiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ins.tiˈɣaɾ]

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

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

• instigador

• instigació

• “instigar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.

• Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧gar

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.

• instigação

• “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.

From Latin īnstīgāre.

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

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

1. (transitive) to instigate, incite, urge

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