urgir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin urgēre, present active infinitive of urgeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [urˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uɾˈd͡ʒiɾ]

Verb

urgir (first-person singular present urgeixo, first-person singular preterite urgí, past participle urgit)

1. to be urgent

Related terms

• urgència
• urgent

Further reading

• “urgir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “urgir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “urgir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “urgir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin urgēre, present active infinitive of urgeō.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to be urgent, pressing
2. (transitive) to act urgently, in a hurry

   O tempo urge.

   Time flies.

Related terms

• urgência
• urgente

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin urgēre, present active infinitive of urgeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uɾˈxiɾ/ [uɾˈxiɾ]

Verb

1. (intransitive) to be urgent, pressing

   Me urge que me ames.

   I really need you to love me.

Related terms

• urgencia
• urgente

 

Further reading

• “urgir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014