angustiar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder.

Proto-Italic *angostos

Latin angustus

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Latin -iō

Latin angustiārelbor.

Portuguese angustiar

Learned borrowing from Latin angustiāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡus.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡus.t͡ʃiˈa(h)], (faster) /ɐ̃.ɡusˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡusˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡus.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡus.t͡ʃiˈa(h)], (faster) /ɐ̃.ɡusˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡusˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡus.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /ɐ̃.ɡusˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuʃ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuʃ.t͡ʃiˈa(χ)], (faster) /ɐ̃.ɡuʃˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.ɡuʃˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡus.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /ɐ̃.ɡusˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuʃˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuʃˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɡuʃˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: an‧gus‧ti‧ar

Verb

angustiar (first-person singular present angustio, first-person singular preterite angustiei, past participle angustiado)

1. (transitive) to distress (cause strain or anxiety)
2. (intransitive, pronominal) to anguish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of angustiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	angustiar
Personal	angustiar	angustiares	angustiar	angustiarmos	angustiardes	angustiarem
Gerund
	angustiando
Past participle
Masculine	angustiado			angustiados
Feminine	angustiada			angustiadas
Indicative
Present	angustio	angustias	angustia	angustiamos	angustiais	angustiam
Imperfect	angustiava	angustiavas	angustiava	angustiávamos	angustiáveis	angustiavam
Preterite	angustiei	angustiaste	angustiou	angustiamos1, angustiámos2	angustiastes	angustiaram
Pluperfect	angustiara	angustiaras	angustiara	angustiáramos	angustiáreis	angustiaram
Future	angustiarei	angustiarás	angustiará	angustiaremos	angustiareis	angustiarão
Conditional	angustiaria	angustiarias	angustiaria	angustiaríamos	angustiaríeis	angustiariam
Subjunctive
Present	angustie	angusties	angustie	angustiemos	angustieis	angustiem
Imperfect	angustiasse	angustiasses	angustiasse	angustiássemos	angustiásseis	angustiassem
Future	angustiar	angustiares	angustiar	angustiarmos	angustiardes	angustiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		angustia	angustie	angustiemos	angustiai	angustiem
Negative (não)		não angusties	não angustie	não angustiemos	não angustieis	não angustiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “angustiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “angustiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰosder.

Proto-Italic *angostos

Latin angustus

Proto-Indo-European *-yetider.

Latin -iō

Latin angustiārelbor.

Spanish angustiar

Learned borrowing from Latin angustiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anɡusˈtjaɾ/ [ãŋ.ɡusˈt̪jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧gus‧tiar

Verb

angustiar (first-person singular present angustio, first-person singular preterite angustié, past participle angustiado)

1. (transitive) to anguish, distress
2. (reflexive) to become anxious
   • 2017 July, “Familiares buscan a joven desaparecida en la colonia Escalón”, in elsalvador.com‎^[1], archived from the original on 16 September 2017:

     Cuando llegó la noche, los familiares comenzaron a angustiarse y hablaron insistentemente al teléfono móvil de la joven.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of angustiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			angustiar
gerund			angustiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		angustiado		angustiada
		plural		angustiados		angustiadas
		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	angustio	angustiastú angustiásvos	angustia	angustiamos	angustiáis	angustian
	imperfect	angustiaba	angustiabas	angustiaba	angustiábamos	angustiabais	angustiaban
	preterite	angustié	angustiaste	angustió	angustiamos	angustiasteis	angustiaron
	future	angustiaré	angustiarás	angustiará	angustiaremos	angustiaréis	angustiarán
	conditional	angustiaría	angustiarías	angustiaría	angustiaríamos	angustiaríais	angustiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	angustie	angustiestú angustiésvos2	angustie	angustiemos	angustiéis	angustien
	imperfect (ra)	angustiara	angustiaras	angustiara	angustiáramos	angustiarais	angustiaran
	imperfect (se)	angustiase	angustiases	angustiase	angustiásemos	angustiaseis	angustiasen
	future1	angustiare	angustiares	angustiare	angustiáremos	angustiareis	angustiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		angustiatú angustiávos	angustie	angustiemos	angustiad	angustien
	negative		no angusties	no angustie	no angustiemos	no angustiéis	no angustien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of angustiar

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 angustiar	dative	angustiarme	angustiarte	angustiarle, angustiarse	angustiarnos	angustiaros	angustiarles, angustiarse
	accusative	angustiarme	angustiarte	angustiarlo, angustiarla, angustiarse	angustiarnos	angustiaros	angustiarlos, angustiarlas, angustiarse
with gerund angustiando	dative	angustiándome	angustiándote	angustiándole, angustiándose	angustiándonos	angustiándoos	angustiándoles, angustiándose
	accusative	angustiándome	angustiándote	angustiándolo, angustiándola, angustiándose	angustiándonos	angustiándoos	angustiándolos, angustiándolas, angustiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative angustia	dative	angústiame	angústiate	angústiale	angústianos	not used	angústiales
	accusative	angústiame	angústiate	angústialo, angústiala	angústianos	not used	angústialos, angústialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative angustiá	dative	angustiame	angustiate	angustiale	angustianos	not used	angustiales
	accusative	angustiame	angustiate	angustialo, angustiala	angustianos	not used	angustialos, angustialas
with formal second-person singular imperative angustie	dative	angústieme	not used	angústiele, angústiese	angústienos	not used	angústieles
	accusative	angústieme	not used	angústielo, angústiela, angústiese	angústienos	not used	angústielos, angústielas
with first-person plural imperative angustiemos	dative	not used	angustiémoste	angustiémosle	angustiémonos	angustiémoos	angustiémosles
	accusative	not used	angustiémoste	angustiémoslo, angustiémosla	angustiémonos	angustiémoos	angustiémoslos, angustiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative angustiad	dative	angustiadme	not used	angustiadle	angustiadnos	angustiaos	angustiadles
	accusative	angustiadme	not used	angustiadlo, angustiadla	angustiadnos	angustiaos	angustiadlos, angustiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative angustien	dative	angústienme	not used	angústienle	angústiennos	not used	angústienles, angústiense
	accusative	angústienme	not used	angústienlo, angústienla	angústiennos	not used	angústienlos, angústienlas, angústiense

Derived terms

• angustiado
• angustiante

Related terms

• angustia

Further reading

• “angustiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025