intrigar

Borrowed from French intriguer.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tɾiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.tɾiˈɣaɾ]

intrigar (first-person singular present intrigo, first-person singular preterite intriguí, past participle intrigat)

1. (intransitive) to intrigue, to plot
2. (transitive) to intrigue, to excite the curiosity or interest of

• intriga
• intrigant

• “intrigar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “intrigar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “intrigar”, 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

Borrowed from Esperanto intrigi, English intrigue, French intriguer, German intrigieren, Italian intrigare, Russian интригова́ть (intrigovátʹ), Spanish intrigar.

• IPA^(key): /in.triˈɡar/

intrigar (present tense intrigas, past tense intrigis, future tense intrigos, imperative intrigez, conditional intrigus)

1. (intransitive) to intrigue
2. (intransitive) to conspire, to plot

• intrigizar

intrigar m

1. indefinite plural of intrige

Ultimately from Latin intrīcāre. Doublet of intricar.

• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧gar

intrigar (first-person singular present intrigo, first-person singular preterite intriguei, past participle intrigado)

1. (transitive) to puzzle; to perplex

   Synonyms: confundir, desconcertar

• IPA^(key): /intɾiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪ɾiˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧tri‧gar

intrigar (first-person singular present intrigo, first-person singular preterite intrigué, past participle intrigado)

1. to intrigue

• “intrigar”, 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

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intrigar

1. (transitive) to obstruct, block

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• intrigo