intriga

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See also: intrigá

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from intrigar.

Noun

intriga f (plural intrigues)

  1. intrigue, plot, scheme
  2. (narratology) plot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

intriga

  1. inflection of intrigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish intriga (intrigue), from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (I entangle, perplex, embarrass).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: in‧tri‧ga

Noun

intriga

  1. intrigue

Verb

intriga

  1. to intrigue (arouse the interest of)
  2. to tell tales; to gossip about others

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

intriga

  1. inflection of intrigare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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  • Hyphenation: in‧tri‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from intrigar.[1]

Noun

intriga f (plural intrigas)

  1. intrigue (a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice)

Etymology 2

Verb

intriga

  1. inflection of intrigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ intriga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intriguer.

Verb

a intriga (third-person singular present intrigă, past participle intrigat) 1st conjugation

  1. to intrigue

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐntriːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: in‧tri‧ga

Noun

ìntrīga f (Cyrillic spelling ѝнтрӣга)

  1. intrigue

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈtɾiɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: in‧tri‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from intrigar.

Noun

intriga f (plural intrigas)

  1. intrigue

Etymology 2

Verb

intriga

  1. inflection of intrigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish intriga.

Noun

intriga (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ)

  1. intrigue; machination; clandestine scheme
    Synonym: pakana
  2. (colloquial) scandalous gossip or rumors (usually on celebrities)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See entrega.

Noun

intriga (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2014 spelling of entrega.

Further reading

  • intriga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018