conquistar

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *conquisitāre, from Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquīrō.

• IPA^(key): /konkisˈta(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: con‧quis‧tar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

conquistar

1. (transitive) to conquer

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• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “conquistar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *conquīsītāre (compare Occitan conquistar, Portuguese and Spanish conquistar, Italian conquistare), from Latin conquīsītus, perfect passive participle of conquīrō. It may alternatively be an old derivative of conquist, from a variant of Old Catalan conquest, the archaic past participle of conquerir.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuŋ.kisˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koŋ.kisˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koŋ.kisˈtaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: con‧quis‧tar
• Homophone: conquistà (except Valencian)

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, first-person singular preterite conquistí, past participle conquistat)

1. to conquer

   Synonym: conquerir

2. to convince, to persuade

   Synonyms: convèncer, persuadir

• conquistador

• conquesta

• “conquistar”, 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
• “conquistar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “conquistar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /koŋkisˈtaɾ/ [koŋ.kis̺ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: con‧quis‧tar

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, first-person singular preterite conquistei, past participle conquistado)

1. (transitive) to conquer

   Synonym: (literary) conquerir

• conquistador
• reconquistar

• conquista

• “conquistar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *conquisitāre,^[1] from Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquīrō. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese conquerer. It may also be analyzed as an internal derivative of the past participle of the aforementioned Old Portuguese verb, or an early Romance formation; compare the other cognates on this page.

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• Hyphenation: con‧quis‧tar

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, first-person singular preterite conquistei, past participle conquistado)

1. to conquer
   1. to acquire by arms; to win in war

      Em 146 a.C., O Império Romano conquistou a Grécia

      In 146 BC, the Roman Empire conquered Greece

      Synonyms: ocupar, invadir

   2. to earn or achieve something through effort

      Conquistei meu sonho

      I made my dream real

      Synonyms: realizar, conseguir

2. to captivate, to charm, to seduce (to attract the attention of someone)

   Ela me conquistou

   She seduced me

   Synonyms: seduzir, atrair

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conquistar.

• reconquistar
• conquistador

• conquista

Possibly from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *conquīsītāre,^[1] from Latin conquīsītus, perfect passive participle of conquīrō; alternatively, it may simply be an internal formation, as a derivation of conquista, from the feminine past participle of Old Spanish conquerir, which this verb replaced over time.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /konkisˈtaɾ/ [kõŋ.kisˈt̪aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧quis‧tar

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, first-person singular preterite conquisté, past participle conquistado)

1. (transitive) to conquer
2. (figuratively, transitive) to enamor, romantically convince
3. (figuratively, transitive) to charm (an object to a person)

   Ese carro me conquistó

   That car charmed me (I liked that car a lot).

• “conquistar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024