intrigar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French intriguer.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

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

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of intrigar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			intrigar
gerund			intrigant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intrigat		intrigada
		plural		intrigats		intrigades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intrigo	intrigues	intriga	intriguem	intrigueu	intriguen
	imperfect	intrigava	intrigaves	intrigava	intrigàvem	intrigàveu	intrigaven
	future	intrigaré	intrigaràs	intrigarà	intrigarem	intrigareu	intrigaran
	preterite	intriguí	intrigares	intrigà	intrigàrem	intrigàreu	intrigaren
	conditional	intrigaria	intrigaries	intrigaria	intrigaríem	intrigaríeu	intrigarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intrigui	intriguis	intrigui	intriguem	intrigueu	intriguin
	imperfect	intrigués	intriguessis	intrigués	intriguéssim	intriguéssiu	intriguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	intriga	intrigui	intriguem	intrigueu	intriguin
	negative (no)	—	no intriguis	no intrigui	no intriguem	no intrigueu	no intriguin

Derived terms

• intriga
• intrigant

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “intrigar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “intrigar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.triˈɡar/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of intrigar

		present		past		future
infinitive		intrigar		intrigir		intrigor
tense		intrigas		intrigis		intrigos
conditional		intrigus		—		—
imperative		intrigez		—		—
adjective active participle		intriganta		intriginta		intrigonta
adverbial active participle		intrigante		intriginte		intrigonte
nominal active participle	singular	intriganto		intriginto		intrigonto
	plural	intriganti		intriginti		intrigonti

Derived terms

• intrigizar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

intrigar m

1. indefinite plural of intrige

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin intrīcāre. Doublet of intricar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡaɾ/ [ĩ.tɾiˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɾiˈɡa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧tri‧gar

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to puzzle; to perplex

   Synonyms: confundir, desconcertar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intrigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	intrigar
Personal	intrigar	intrigares	intrigar	intrigarmos	intrigardes	intrigarem
Gerund
	intrigando
Past participle
Masculine	intrigado			intrigados
Feminine	intrigada			intrigadas
Indicative
Present	intrigo	intrigas	intriga	intrigamos	intrigais	intrigam
Imperfect	intrigava	intrigavas	intrigava	intrigávamos	intrigáveis	intrigavam
Preterite	intriguei	intrigaste	intrigou	intrigamos1, intrigámos2	intrigastes	intrigaram
Pluperfect	intrigara	intrigaras	intrigara	intrigáramos	intrigáreis	intrigaram
Future	intrigarei	intrigarás	intrigará	intrigaremos	intrigareis	intrigarão
Conditional	intrigaria	intrigarias	intrigaria	intrigaríamos	intrigaríeis	intrigariam
Subjunctive
Present	intrigue	intrigues	intrigue	intriguemos	intrigueis	intriguem
Imperfect	intrigasse	intrigasses	intrigasse	intrigássemos	intrigásseis	intrigassem
Future	intrigar	intrigares	intrigar	intrigarmos	intrigardes	intrigarem
Imperative
Affirmative		intriga	intrigue	intriguemos	intrigai	intriguem
Negative (não)		não intrigues	não intrigue	não intriguemos	não intrigueis	não intriguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to intrigue

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intrigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			intrigar
gerund			intrigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intrigado		intrigada
		plural		intrigados		intrigadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intrigo	intrigastú intrigásvos	intriga	intrigamos	intrigáis	intrigan
	imperfect	intrigaba	intrigabas	intrigaba	intrigábamos	intrigabais	intrigaban
	preterite	intrigué	intrigaste	intrigó	intrigamos	intrigasteis	intrigaron
	future	intrigaré	intrigarás	intrigará	intrigaremos	intrigaréis	intrigarán
	conditional	intrigaría	intrigarías	intrigaría	intrigaríamos	intrigaríais	intrigarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intrigue	intriguestú intriguésvos2	intrigue	intriguemos	intriguéis	intriguen
	imperfect (ra)	intrigara	intrigaras	intrigara	intrigáramos	intrigarais	intrigaran
	imperfect (se)	intrigase	intrigases	intrigase	intrigásemos	intrigaseis	intrigasen
	future1	intrigare	intrigares	intrigare	intrigáremos	intrigareis	intrigaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intrigatú intrigávos	intrigue	intriguemos	intrigad	intriguen
	negative		no intrigues	no intrigue	no intriguemos	no intriguéis	no intriguen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of intrigar (g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive intrigar	dative	intrigarme	intrigarte	intrigarle, intrigarse	intrigarnos	intrigaros	intrigarles, intrigarse
	accusative	intrigarme	intrigarte	intrigarlo, intrigarla, intrigarse	intrigarnos	intrigaros	intrigarlos, intrigarlas, intrigarse
with gerund intrigando	dative	intrigándome	intrigándote	intrigándole, intrigándose	intrigándonos	intrigándoos	intrigándoles, intrigándose
	accusative	intrigándome	intrigándote	intrigándolo, intrigándola, intrigándose	intrigándonos	intrigándoos	intrigándolos, intrigándolas, intrigándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative intriga	dative	intrígame	intrígate	intrígale	intríganos	not used	intrígales
	accusative	intrígame	intrígate	intrígalo, intrígala	intríganos	not used	intrígalos, intrígalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative intrigá	dative	intrigame	intrigate	intrigale	intriganos	not used	intrigales
	accusative	intrigame	intrigate	intrigalo, intrigala	intriganos	not used	intrigalos, intrigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative intrigue	dative	intrígueme	not used	intríguele, intríguese	intríguenos	not used	intrígueles
	accusative	intrígueme	not used	intríguelo, intríguela, intríguese	intríguenos	not used	intríguelos, intríguelas
with first-person plural imperative intriguemos	dative	not used	intriguémoste	intriguémosle	intriguémonos	intriguémoos	intriguémosles
	accusative	not used	intriguémoste	intriguémoslo, intriguémosla	intriguémonos	intriguémoos	intriguémoslos, intriguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intrigad	dative	intrigadme	not used	intrigadle	intrigadnos	intrigaos	intrigadles
	accusative	intrigadme	not used	intrigadlo, intrigadla	intrigadnos	intrigaos	intrigadlos, intrigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intriguen	dative	intríguenme	not used	intríguenle	intríguennos	not used	intríguenles, intríguense
	accusative	intríguenme	not used	intríguenlo, intríguenla	intríguennos	not used	intríguenlos, intríguenlas, intríguense

Related terms

• intriga

Further reading

• “intrigar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Venetan

Etymology

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Verb

intrigar

1. (transitive) to obstruct, block

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of intrigar (first conjugation)

infinitive	intrigar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		intrigando
past participle		intrigà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	intrigo	(te) intrighi	(el/ła) intriga	intrighémo, intrigòn	intrighé	(i/łe) intriga
imperfect	intrigava	(te) intrigavi	(el/ła) intrigava	intrigàvimo	intrigavi	(i/łe) intrigava
future	intrigarò	(te) intrigarè	(el/ła) intrigarà	intrigarémo	intrigarè	(i/łe) intrigarà
conditional	intrigarìa	(te) intrigarisi	(el/ła) intrigarìa	intrigarìsimo	intrigarisi	(i/łe) intrigarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	intrighe, intriga	(te) intrighi	(el/ła) intrighe, (el/ła) intriga	intrighémo, intrigone	intrighé	(i/łe) intrighe, (i/łe) intriga
imperfect	intrigase	(te) intrigasi	(el/ła) intrigase	intrigàsimo	intrigasi	(i/łe) intrigase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) intriga	(el/ła) intriga, (el/ła) intrighe	intrighémo	intrighé	(i/łe) intriga, (i/łe) intrighe

Related terms

• intrigo