instruir
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin īnstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ins.tɾuˈi]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ins.tɾuˈiɾ]
Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
instruir (first-person singular present instrueixo, first-person singular preterite instruí, past participle instruït)
to instruct; to teach
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
instrucció
instructiu
instructor
=== Further reading ===
“instruir”, 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
“instruir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“instruir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“instruir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin īnstruere, with change of conjugation.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ins‧tru‧ir
=== Verb ===
instruir (first-person singular present instruo, first-person singular preterite instruí, past participle instruído)
to instruct, teach
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
instrução
instrutor
=== Further reading ===
“instruir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin īnstruere.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /insˈtɾwiɾ/ [ĩnsˈt̪ɾwiɾ], /instɾuˈiɾ/ [ĩns.t̪ɾuˈiɾ]
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: ins‧truir, ins‧tru‧ir
=== Verb ===
instruir (first-person singular present instruyo, first-person singular preterite instruí, past participle instruido)
to instruct
to inform
to educate, school
(Spain, law) to investigate in the course of a criminal proceeding
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“instruir”, 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