excitar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ək.siˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ek.siˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ek.siˈta]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

excitar (first-person singular present excito, first-person singular preterite excití, past participle excitat)

1. to excite

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of excitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			excitar
gerund			excitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		excitat		excitada
		plural		excitats		excitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	excito	excites	excita	excitem	exciteu	exciten
	imperfect	excitava	excitaves	excitava	excitàvem	excitàveu	excitaven
	future	excitaré	excitaràs	excitarà	excitarem	excitareu	excitaran
	preterite	excití	excitares	excità	excitàrem	excitàreu	excitaren
	conditional	excitaria	excitaries	excitaria	excitaríem	excitaríeu	excitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	exciti	excitis	exciti	excitem	exciteu	excitin
	imperfect	excités	excitessis	excités	excitéssim	excitéssiu	excitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	excita	exciti	excitem	exciteu	excitin
	negative (no)	—	no excitis	no exciti	no excitem	no exciteu	no excitin

Related terms

• excitació

Further reading

• “excitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “excitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “excitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “excitar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.siˈta(ʁ)/ [e.siˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.siˈta(ʁ)/ [e.siˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.siˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.siˈta(ʁ)/ [e.siˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.siˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /(i).ʃiˈtaɾ/, (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /ɐj.ʃiˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /(i).ʃiˈtaɾ/, (careful pronunciation) /ɐjʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /ɐj.ʃiˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /(i).ʃiˈtaɾ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /ej.ʃiˈtaɾ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /(i).ʃiˈtaɾ/, (careful pronunciation) /ejʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /ej.ʃiˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /(i)ʃ.siˈta.ɾi/, /(i).ʃiˈta.ɾi/, (careful pronunciation) /eʃ.siˈta.ɾi/, /e.ʃiˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ex‧ci‧tar

Verb

excitar (first-person singular present excito, first-person singular preterite excitei, past participle excitado)

1. to excite (sexually)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of excitar (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	excitar
Personal	excitar	excitares	excitar	excitarmos	excitardes	excitarem
Gerund
	excitando
Past participle
Masculine	excitado			excitados
Feminine	excitada			excitadas
Indicative
Present	excito	excitas	excita	excitamos	excitais	excitam
Imperfect	excitava	excitavas	excitava	excitávamos	excitáveis	excitavam
Preterite	excitei	excitaste	excitou	excitamos1, excitámos2	excitastes	excitaram
Pluperfect	excitara	excitaras	excitara	excitáramos	excitáreis	excitaram
Future	excitarei	excitarás	excitará	excitaremos	excitareis	excitarão
Conditional	excitaria	excitarias	excitaria	excitaríamos	excitaríeis	excitariam
Subjunctive
Present	excite	excites	excite	excitemos	exciteis	excitem
Imperfect	excitasse	excitasses	excitasse	excitássemos	excitásseis	excitassem
Future	excitar	excitares	excitar	excitarmos	excitardes	excitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		excita	excite	excitemos	excitai	excitem
Negative (não)		não excites	não excite	não excitemos	não exciteis	não excitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• excitação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsθiˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.θiˈt̪aɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞.siˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧ci‧tar

Verb

excitar (first-person singular present excito, first-person singular preterite excité, past participle excitado)

1. (transitive) to excite (sexually)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of excitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			excitar
gerund			excitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		excitado		excitada
		plural		excitados		excitadas
		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	excito	excitastú excitásvos	excita	excitamos	excitáis	excitan
	imperfect	excitaba	excitabas	excitaba	excitábamos	excitabais	excitaban
	preterite	excité	excitaste	excitó	excitamos	excitasteis	excitaron
	future	excitaré	excitarás	excitará	excitaremos	excitaréis	excitarán
	conditional	excitaría	excitarías	excitaría	excitaríamos	excitaríais	excitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	excite	excitestú excitésvos2	excite	excitemos	excitéis	exciten
	imperfect (ra)	excitara	excitaras	excitara	excitáramos	excitarais	excitaran
	imperfect (se)	excitase	excitases	excitase	excitásemos	excitaseis	excitasen
	future1	excitare	excitares	excitare	excitáremos	excitareis	excitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		excitatú excitávos	excite	excitemos	excitad	exciten
	negative		no excites	no excite	no excitemos	no excitéis	no exciten

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

    Selected combined forms of excitar

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 excitar	dative	excitarme	excitarte	excitarle, excitarse	excitarnos	excitaros	excitarles, excitarse
	accusative	excitarme	excitarte	excitarlo, excitarla, excitarse	excitarnos	excitaros	excitarlos, excitarlas, excitarse
with gerund excitando	dative	excitándome	excitándote	excitándole, excitándose	excitándonos	excitándoos	excitándoles, excitándose
	accusative	excitándome	excitándote	excitándolo, excitándola, excitándose	excitándonos	excitándoos	excitándolos, excitándolas, excitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative excita	dative	excítame	excítate	excítale	excítanos	not used	excítales
	accusative	excítame	excítate	excítalo, excítala	excítanos	not used	excítalos, excítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative excitá	dative	excitame	excitate	excitale	excitanos	not used	excitales
	accusative	excitame	excitate	excitalo, excitala	excitanos	not used	excitalos, excitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative excite	dative	excíteme	not used	excítele, excítese	excítenos	not used	excíteles
	accusative	excíteme	not used	excítelo, excítela, excítese	excítenos	not used	excítelos, excítelas
with first-person plural imperative excitemos	dative	not used	excitémoste	excitémosle	excitémonos	excitémoos	excitémosles
	accusative	not used	excitémoste	excitémoslo, excitémosla	excitémonos	excitémoos	excitémoslos, excitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative excitad	dative	excitadme	not used	excitadle	excitadnos	excitaos	excitadles
	accusative	excitadme	not used	excitadlo, excitadla	excitadnos	excitaos	excitadlos, excitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exciten	dative	excítenme	not used	excítenle	excítennos	not used	excítenles, excítense
	accusative	excítenme	not used	excítenlo, excítenla	excítennos	not used	excítenlos, excítenlas, excítense

Related terms

• excitación

Further reading

• “excitar”, 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