ansiar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-

Proto-Italic *anɣō

Latin angō

Latin anxius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Late Latin anxiārelbor.

Portuguese ansiar

Learned borrowing from Late Latin anxiāre. By surface analysis, ânsia + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.siˈa(h)], (faster) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈsja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.siˈa(h)], (faster) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈsja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.siˈa(χ)], (faster) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃ˈsja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈsja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: an‧si‧ar

Verb

ansiar (first-person singular present anseio, third-person singular present anseia, first-person singular preterite ansiei, past participle ansiado)

1. (intransitive) to long, to desire [with por ‘for something’]

   Ansiamos pela paz.

   We are longing for peace.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ansiar (i becomes ei when stressed) (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	ansiar
Personal	ansiar	ansiares	ansiar	ansiarmos	ansiardes	ansiarem
Gerund
	ansiando
Past participle
Masculine	ansiado			ansiados
Feminine	ansiada			ansiadas
Indicative
Present	anseio	anseias	anseia	ansiamos	ansiais	anseiam
Imperfect	ansiava	ansiavas	ansiava	ansiávamos	ansiáveis	ansiavam
Preterite	ansiei	ansiaste	ansiou	ansiamos1, ansiámos2	ansiastes	ansiaram
Pluperfect	ansiara	ansiaras	ansiara	ansiáramos	ansiáreis	ansiaram
Future	ansiarei	ansiarás	ansiará	ansiaremos	ansiareis	ansiarão
Conditional	ansiaria	ansiarias	ansiaria	ansiaríamos	ansiaríeis	ansiariam
Subjunctive
Present	anseie	anseies	anseie	ansiemos	ansieis	anseiem
Imperfect	ansiasse	ansiasses	ansiasse	ansiássemos	ansiásseis	ansiassem
Future	ansiar	ansiares	ansiar	ansiarmos	ansiardes	ansiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		anseia	anseie	ansiemos	ansiai	anseiem
Negative (não)		não anseies	não anseie	não ansiemos	não ansieis	não anseiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• ânsia
• anseio

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-

Proto-Italic *anɣō

Latin angō

Latin anxius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin anxiāreslbor.

Spanish ansiar

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin anxiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈsjaɾ/ [ãnˈsjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧siar

Verb

ansiar (first-person singular present ansío, first-person singular preterite ansié, past participle ansiado)

1. to wish, long for

   Synonym: anhelar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ansiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ansiar
gerund			ansiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ansiado		ansiada
		plural		ansiados		ansiadas
		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	ansío	ansíastú ansiásvos	ansía	ansiamos	ansiáis	ansían
	imperfect	ansiaba	ansiabas	ansiaba	ansiábamos	ansiabais	ansiaban
	preterite	ansié	ansiaste	ansió	ansiamos	ansiasteis	ansiaron
	future	ansiaré	ansiarás	ansiará	ansiaremos	ansiaréis	ansiarán
	conditional	ansiaría	ansiarías	ansiaría	ansiaríamos	ansiaríais	ansiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ansíe	ansíestú ansiésvos2	ansíe	ansiemos	ansiéis	ansíen
	imperfect (ra)	ansiara	ansiaras	ansiara	ansiáramos	ansiarais	ansiaran
	imperfect (se)	ansiase	ansiases	ansiase	ansiásemos	ansiaseis	ansiasen
	future1	ansiare	ansiares	ansiare	ansiáremos	ansiareis	ansiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ansíatú ansiávos	ansíe	ansiemos	ansiad	ansíen
	negative		no ansíes	no ansíe	no ansiemos	no ansiéis	no ansíen

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

    Selected combined forms of ansiar (i-í 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 ansiar	dative	ansiarme	ansiarte	ansiarle, ansiarse	ansiarnos	ansiaros	ansiarles, ansiarse
	accusative	ansiarme	ansiarte	ansiarlo, ansiarla, ansiarse	ansiarnos	ansiaros	ansiarlos, ansiarlas, ansiarse
with gerund ansiando	dative	ansiándome	ansiándote	ansiándole, ansiándose	ansiándonos	ansiándoos	ansiándoles, ansiándose
	accusative	ansiándome	ansiándote	ansiándolo, ansiándola, ansiándose	ansiándonos	ansiándoos	ansiándolos, ansiándolas, ansiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative ansía	dative	ansíame	ansíate	ansíale	ansíanos	not used	ansíales
	accusative	ansíame	ansíate	ansíalo, ansíala	ansíanos	not used	ansíalos, ansíalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ansiá	dative	ansiame	ansiate	ansiale	ansianos	not used	ansiales
	accusative	ansiame	ansiate	ansialo, ansiala	ansianos	not used	ansialos, ansialas
with formal second-person singular imperative ansíe	dative	ansíeme	not used	ansíele, ansíese	ansíenos	not used	ansíeles
	accusative	ansíeme	not used	ansíelo, ansíela, ansíese	ansíenos	not used	ansíelos, ansíelas
with first-person plural imperative ansiemos	dative	not used	ansiémoste	ansiémosle	ansiémonos	ansiémoos	ansiémosles
	accusative	not used	ansiémoste	ansiémoslo, ansiémosla	ansiémonos	ansiémoos	ansiémoslos, ansiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ansiad	dative	ansiadme	not used	ansiadle	ansiadnos	ansiaos	ansiadles
	accusative	ansiadme	not used	ansiadlo, ansiadla	ansiadnos	ansiaos	ansiadlos, ansiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ansíen	dative	ansíenme	not used	ansíenle	ansíennos	not used	ansíenles, ansíense
	accusative	ansíenme	not used	ansíenlo, ansíenla	ansíennos	not used	ansíenlos, ansíenlas, ansíense

Related terms

• ansia
• ansiedad
• ansiolítico
• ansioso

Further reading

• “ansiar”, 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