instigar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin īnstīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ins.tiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ins.tiˈɣaɾ]

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• instigador

Related terms

• instigació

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnstīgō.

Verb

1. to instigate
2. to incite
3. to stimulate

Related terms

• instigação

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnstīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩns.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to instigate, incite, urge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			instigar
gerund			instigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instigado		instigada
		plural		instigados		instigadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	instigo	instigastú instigásvos	instiga	instigamos	instigáis	instigan
	imperfect	instigaba	instigabas	instigaba	instigábamos	instigabais	instigaban
	preterite	instigué	instigaste	instigó	instigamos	instigasteis	instigaron
	future	instigaré	instigarás	instigará	instigaremos	instigaréis	instigarán
	conditional	instigaría	instigarías	instigaría	instigaríamos	instigaríais	instigarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	instigue	instiguestú instiguésvos2	instigue	instiguemos	instiguéis	instiguen
	imperfect (ra)	instigara	instigaras	instigara	instigáramos	instigarais	instigaran
	imperfect (se)	instigase	instigases	instigase	instigásemos	instigaseis	instigasen
	future1	instigare	instigares	instigare	instigáremos	instigareis	instigaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		instigatú instigávos	instigue	instiguemos	instigad	instiguen
	negative		no instigues	no instigue	no instiguemos	no instiguéis	no instiguen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of instigar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive instigar
	dative	instigarme	instigarte	instigarle, instigarse	instigarnos	instigaros	instigarles, instigarse
	accusative	instigarme	instigarte	instigarlo, instigarla, instigarse	instigarnos	instigaros	instigarlos, instigarlas, instigarse
with gerund instigando
	dative	instigándome	instigándote	instigándole, instigándose	instigándonos	instigándoos	instigándoles, instigándose
	accusative	instigándome	instigándote	instigándolo, instigándola, instigándose	instigándonos	instigándoos	instigándolos, instigándolas, instigándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative instiga
	dative	instígame	instígate	instígale	instíganos	not used	instígales
	accusative	instígame	instígate	instígalo, instígala	instíganos	not used	instígalos, instígalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative instigá
	dative	instigame	instigate	instigale	instiganos	not used	instigales
	accusative	instigame	instigate	instigalo, instigala	instiganos	not used	instigalos, instigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative instigue
	dative	instígueme	not used	instíguele, instíguese	instíguenos	not used	instígueles
	accusative	instígueme	not used	instíguelo, instíguela, instíguese	instíguenos	not used	instíguelos, instíguelas
with first-person plural imperative instiguemos
	dative	not used	instiguémoste	instiguémosle	instiguémonos	instiguémoos	instiguémosles
	accusative	not used	instiguémoste	instiguémoslo, instiguémosla	instiguémonos	instiguémoos	instiguémoslos, instiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative instigad
	dative	instigadme	not used	instigadle	instigadnos	instigaos	instigadles
	accusative	instigadme	not used	instigadlo, instigadla	instigadnos	instigaos	instigadlos, instigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative instiguen
	dative	instíguenme	not used	instíguenle	instíguennos	not used	instíguenles, instíguense
	accusative	instíguenme	not used	instíguenlo, instíguenla	instíguennos	not used	instíguenlos, instíguenlas, instíguense

Related terms

• instigación
• instigador

Further reading

• “instigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28