intriga

See also: intrigá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [inˈtɾi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [inˈtɾi.ɣa]

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from intrigar.

Noun

intriga f (plural intrigues)

1. intrigue, plot, scheme
2. (narratology) plot

Derived terms

• intriga secundària

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

intriga

1. inflection of intrigar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “intriga”, 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

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish intriga (“intrigue”), from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧ga

Noun

intriga

1. intrigue

Verb

intriga

1. to intrigue (arouse the interest of)
2. to tell tales; to gossip about others

Derived terms

• intrigera

Italian

Verb

intriga

1. inflection of intrigare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• giranti, graniti, gratini, ingrati, ritinga

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtɾi.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtɾi.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtɾi.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈtɾi.ɡɐ/ [ĩˈtɾi.ɣɐ]

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from intrigar.

Noun

intriga f (plural intrigas)

1. intrigue (a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice)

Etymology 2

Verb

intriga

1. inflection of intrigar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “intriga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intriguer.

Verb

a intriga (third-person singular present intrigă, past participle intrigat, third-person subjunctive intrige) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to intrigue (make intrigued)

Conjugation

    conjugation of intriga (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a intriga
gerund			intrigând
past participle			intrigat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	intrig	intrigi	intrigă	intrigăm	intrigați	intrigă
	imperfect	intrigam	intrigai	intriga	intrigam	intrigați	intrigau
	simple perfect	intrigai	intrigași	intrigă	intrigarăm	intrigarăți	intrigară
	pluperfect	intrigasem	intrigaseși	intrigase	intrigaserăm	intrigaserăți	intrigaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să intrig	să intrigi	să intrige	să intrigăm	să intrigați	să intrige
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		intrigă			intrigați
	negative		nu intriga			nu intrigați

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐntriːɡa/
• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧ga

Noun

ìntrīga f (Cyrillic spelling ѝнтрӣга)

1. intrigue

Declension

Declension of intriga

	singular	plural
nominative	intriga	intrige
genitive	intrige	intriga
dative	intrigi	intrigama
accusative	intrigu	intrige
vocative	intrigo	intrige
locative	intrigi	intrigama
instrumental	intrigom	intrigama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtɾiɡa/ [ĩn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: in‧tri‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from intrigar.

Noun

intriga f (plural intrigas)

1. intrigue

Etymology 2

Verb

intriga

1. inflection of intrigar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “intriga”, 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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔinˈtɾiɡa/ [ʔɪn̪ˈt̪ɾiː.ɣ̠ɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: in‧tri‧ga

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Spanish intrigardeverb.

Spanish intrigabor.

Tagalog intriga

Borrowed from Spanish intriga.

Noun

intriga (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ)

1. intrigue; machination; clandestine scheme

   Synonym: pakana

2. (colloquial) scandalous gossip or rumors (usually on celebrities)

Derived terms

• intrigahin
• kaintriga
• mang-intriga

Etymology 2

See entrega.

Noun

intriga (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜄ)

1. superseded, pre-2014 spelling of entrega

Further reading

• “intriga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018