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Portuguese
Etymology
From acicate + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
acicatar (first-person singular present acicato, first-person singular preterite acicatei, past participle acicatado)
- to spur
- (figuratively) to spur; to incite, to encourage
2015 December 8, Magarida Gomes, “Marisa Matias avisa que a Europa não sobrevive a uma "crise identitária"”, in Público:Para Marisa Matias, "propostas como o registo de todos os passageiros ou discursos a defenderem a suspensão do espaço Schengen acicatam o medo e a chantagem, mas não trazem nada de novo e provocam un conflito do ponto de vista identitário e a uma crise identitária a União Europeia não resiste".- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.