concitar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin concitare.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧ci‧tar

Verb

concitar (first-person singular present concito, first-person singular preterite concitei, past participle concitado)

1. (transitive) to instigate, to incite, to provoke, stir up

   Synonyms: instigar, incitar, instilar

   concitar uma revolta ― to instigate a revolt

2. (reflexive) to anger, become angry

   Synonyms: enraivecer, zangar

   Concitou-se com o trabalho. ― He got angry with work.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin concitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /konθiˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /konsiˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ci‧tar

Verb

concitar (first-person singular present concito, first-person singular preterite concité, past participle concitado)

1. to instigate, excite, stir up
   • 1821, Antonio Ranz Romanillos (translating Plutarch), Vidas paralelas:

     Reprendían, pues, a Marcelo, lo primero porque había concitado odio y envidia a la ciudad

     Sp, they chided Marcelo, first of all because he had stirred up the city to hate and envy.

   • 1998, José Luis Avila Orive, El suelo como elemento ambiental:

     Con todo, se fueron produciendo tales ensanches, concitando inicialmente una gran atención institucional y ciudadana, en detrimento del saneamiento de las poblaciones.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to join; to bring together

Conjugation

Further reading

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