exigir

Borrowed from Latin exigere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in 1388.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.ziˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.ziˈd͡ʒiɾ]

exigir (first-person singular present exigeixo, first-person singular preterite exigí, past participle exigit)

1. to demand

• exigència
• exigent

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

From Latin exigō.

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exigir

1. to demand

• exigéncia
• exigent

Borrowed from Latin exigere.

exigir (first-person singular present exijo, first-person singular preterite exigi, past participle exigido)

1. to require, need
2. to ask, demand

   Synonym: demandar

• exigência
• exigente

• “exigir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin exigere.

• IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈxiɾ/ [eɣ̞.siˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: e‧xi‧gir

exigir (first-person singular present exijo, first-person singular preterite exigí, past participle exigido)

1. (transitive) to demand; to require; to call for

   Synonym: demandar

2. (transitive) to exact
3. (transitive) to hold (e.g., accountable)
4. (reflexive) to be required, to be demanded

• “exigir”, 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