agir

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See also: ağır

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French agir.

Pronunciation

Verb

agir (first-person singular present ageixo, first-person singular preterite agí, past participle agit)

  1. (Roussillon) to act, behave
  2. (reflexive, Roussillon) to be all about

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From Latin agō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ʒiʁ/
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Verb

agir

  1. (intransitive) to act
    Il faut agir pour lutter contre la pauvreté.
    We must act in order to fight poverty.
  2. (intransitive) to act, to do (something)
    Il n’agit pas comme il devrait.
    He’s not doing as he should.
  3. (intransitive) to act, behave
    Vous agissez en enfants.
    You’re acting like children.
    Il agit comme un fou.
    He’s acting like a madman.
  4. (intransitive, followed by sur) to act on
  5. (law, followed by contre) prosecute, sue
  6. (impersonal, reflexive, followed by de) to be, be all about, be a question of
    Dans le livre il s’agit d’une femme perdue.
    The book is about a lost woman.
    Il s’agit de vous en tirer honorablement.
    It’s all about you getting out of there honorably.
    Dans la vie; il s’agit de faire son devoir.
    Life is all about doing your duty.
    Il s’agissait de choisir entre les ducs.
    It was about choosing between the two dukes.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of agir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple agir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple agissant
/a.ʒi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle agi
/a.ʒi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present agis
/a.ʒi/ 		agis
/a.ʒi/ 		agit
/a.ʒi/ 		agissons
/a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ 		agissez
/a.ʒi.se/ 		agissent
/a.ʒis/
imperfect agissais
/a.ʒi.sɛ/ 		agissais
/a.ʒi.sɛ/ 		agissait
/a.ʒi.sɛ/ 		agissions
/a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ 		agissiez
/a.ʒi.sje/ 		agissaient
/a.ʒi.sɛ/
past historic2 agis
/a.ʒi/ 		agis
/a.ʒi/ 		agit
/a.ʒi/ 		agîmes
/a.ʒim/ 		agîtes
/a.ʒit/ 		agirent
/a.ʒiʁ/
future agirai
/a.ʒi.ʁe/ 		agiras
/a.ʒi.ʁa/ 		agira
/a.ʒi.ʁa/ 		agirons
/a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ 		agirez
/a.ʒi.ʁe/ 		agiront
/a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional agirais
/a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ 		agirais
/a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ 		agirait
/a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ 		agirions
/a.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		agiriez
/a.ʒi.ʁje/ 		agiraient
/a.ʒi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present agisse
/a.ʒis/ 		agisses
/a.ʒis/ 		agisse
/a.ʒis/ 		agissions
/a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ 		agissiez
/a.ʒi.sje/ 		agissent
/a.ʒis/
imperfect2 agisse
/a.ʒis/ 		agisses
/a.ʒis/ 		agît
/a.ʒi/ 		agissions
/a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ 		agissiez
/a.ʒi.sje/ 		agissent
/a.ʒis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — agis
/a.ʒi/ 		— agissons
/a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ 		agissez
/a.ʒi.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

Anagrams

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Verb

(deprecated template usage) agir

  1. past infinitive of agar

Kurdish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. fire

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin agō.

Pronunciation

Verb

agir

  1. to act
  2. (reflexive, with de) to be about, to deal with
    s'agís d'una nòva lei ― it is a new law

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
simple compound
infinitive agir ?er agit
past participle agit —
gerund agissent ?ent agit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ieu tu el nosautres vosautres eles
present agissi agisses agís agissèm agissètz agisson
imperfect agissiái agissiás agissiá agissiam agissiatz agissián
preterite agiguèri agiguères agiguèt agiguèrem agiguèretz agiguèron
future agirai agiràs agirà agirem agiretz agiràn
conditional agiriái agiriás agiriá agiriam agiriatz agirián
conditional 2nd form1 agiguèra agiguèras agiguèra agigueram agigueratz agiguèran
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 agisca agiscas agisca agiscam agiscatz agiscan
imperfect agiguèsse agiguèsses agiguèsse agiguèssem agiguèssetz agiguèsson
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 —
agís agiscam agissetz 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin agō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (intransitive) to do something; to act; to function; to perform
    Synonyms: andar, funcionar, trabalhar
  2. (intransitive) to conduct oneself in a specific manner; to behave; to proceed
    Synonyms: atuar, comportar-se, obrar, proceder, trabalhar
    Antonym: omitir-se

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin agō.

Verb

  1. (obsolete) to do something; to act
    Synonyms: hacer, actuar
  2. (obsolete) to sue
    Synonym: demandar
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