exigir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exigere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in 1388.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

exigir (first-person singular present exigeixo, first-person singular preterite exigí, past participle exigit)

1. to demand

Conjugation

Related terms

• exigència
• exigent

References

Further reading

• “exigir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exigir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exigir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin exigō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

exigir

1. to demand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exigir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		exigir			?er exigit
past participle		exigit			—
gerund		exigissent			?ent exigit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	exigissi	exigisses	exigís	exigissèm	exigissètz	exigisson
	imperfect	exigissiái	exigissiás	exigissiá	exigissiam	exigissiatz	exigissián
	preterite	exigiguèri	exigiguères	exigiguèt	exigiguèrem	exigiguèretz	exigiguèron
	future	exigirai	exigiràs	exigirà	exigirem	exigiretz	exigiràn
	conditional	exigiriái	exigiriás	exigiriá	exigiriam	exigiriatz	exigirián
	conditional 2nd form1	exigiguèra	exigiguèras	exigiguèra	exigigueram	exigigueratz	exigiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	exigisca	exigiscas	exigisca	exigiscam	exigiscatz	exigiscan
	imperfect	exigiguèsse	exigiguèsses	exigiguèsse	exigiguèssem	exigiguèssetz	exigiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			exigís		exigiscam	exigissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• exigéncia
• exigent

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exigere.

Pronunciation

Verb

exigir (first-person singular present exijo, first-person singular preterite exigi, past participle exigido)

1. to require, need
2. to ask, demand

   Synonym: demandar

Conjugation

Related terms

• exigência
• exigente

Further reading

• “exigir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exigere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈxiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧xi‧gir

Verb

exigir (first-person singular present exijo, first-person singular preterite exigí, past participle exigido)

1. (transitive) to demand; to require; to call for

   Synonym: demandar

2. (transitive) to exact
3. (transitive) to hold (e.g., accountable)
4. (reflexive) to be required, to be demanded

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

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