instigar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ins.tiˈɣa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ins.tiˈɣaɾ] === Verb === instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguí, past participle instigat) (ditransitive) to incite (someone to do something); to abet ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== instigador ==== Related terms ==== instigació === Further reading === “instigar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧gar === Verb === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== instigação === Further reading === “instigar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “instigar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “instigar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “instigar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “instigar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “instigar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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) (transitive) to instigate, incite, urge ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “instigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025