requisar

From requisa +‎ -ar.

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

requisar (first-person singular present requiso, first-person singular preterite requisí, past participle requisat)

1. (transitive) to requisition, to commandeer

   Synonym: apoderar-se

2. (transitive, figurative) to steal

   Synonym: robar

• requisició

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

From requisa +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /rekiˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧qui‧sar

requisar (first-person singular present requiso, first-person singular preterite requisé, past participle requisado)

1. (transitive) to requisition, commandeer, seize

   Synonyms: confiscar, incautar, incautarse de, decomisar, embargar

   • 1904, Benito Pérez Galdós, La Revolución de Julio:

     Los Generales […] se fueron al Real Sitio de Aranjuez, y de allí enfilaron las planicies manchegas, adelante siempre, reclutando mozos, requisando caballerías, y requiriendo […] cuantos fondos guardaban las administraciones subalternas de los pueblos...

     The Generales went to the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, from whence they set out for the plains of La Mancha, always at the front, recruiting young men, seizing cavalry, and calling for as much funding from the towns' subordinate administration...

2. (transitive) to search

• “requisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28