instigar

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.

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

instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguí, past participle instigat)

1. (ditransitive) to incite (someone to do something); to abet

• instigador

• instigació

• “instigar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin īnstīgāre.

• Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧gar

instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instiguei, past participle instigado)

1. (transitive) to encourage, incite or induce others to practice a certain action
2. (transitive) to tease; stir up
3. (transitive) to advise; suggest; persuade
4. (transitive) ordering or encouraging attack, aggression, etc.

• instigação

• “instigar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “instigar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “instigar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “instigar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “instigar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “instigar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin īnstīgāre.

• IPA^(key): /instiˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ins‧ti‧gar

instigar (first-person singular present instigo, first-person singular preterite instigué, past participle instigado)

1. (transitive) to instigate, incite, urge

• “instigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10