sitiar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin situō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /si.tiˈa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /si.tiˈaɾ/
Verb
sitiar (first-person singular present sitio, past participle sitiat)
- (archaic) to situate
- to besiege
- Synonym: assetjar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sitiar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | sitiar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | sitiant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | sitiat | sitiada | |||||
| plural | sitiats | sitiades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | sitio | sities | sitia | sitiem | sitieu | sitien | |
| imperfect | sitiava | sitiaves | sitiava | sitiàvem | sitiàveu | sitiaven | |
| future | sitiaré | sitiaràs | sitiarà | sitiarem | sitiareu | sitiaran | |
| preterite | sitií | sitiares | sitià | sitiàrem | sitiàreu | sitiaren | |
| conditional | sitiaria | sitiaries | sitiaria | sitiaríem | sitiaríeu | sitiarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | sitiï | sitiïs | sitiï | sitiem | sitieu | sitiïn | |
| imperfect | sitiés | sitiessis | sitiés | sitiéssim | sitiéssiu | sitiessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | sitia | sitiï | sitiem | sitieu | sitiïn | ||
Related terms
- siti
- situar
Further reading
- “sitiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Verb
sitiar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of sitiō
Portuguese
Verb
sitiar (first-person singular present sitio, first-person singular preterite sitiei, past participle sitiado)
- (transitive) to siege (to surround with troops)
- Synonyms: cercar, assediar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sitiar (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 | sitiar | |||||
| Personal | sitiar | sitiares | sitiar | sitiarmos | sitiardes | sitiarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| sitiando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | sitiado | sitiados | ||||
| Feminine | sitiada | sitiadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | sitio | sitias | sitia | sitiamos | sitiais | sitiam |
| Imperfect | sitiava | sitiavas | sitiava | sitiávamos | sitiáveis | sitiavam |
| Preterite | sitiei | sitiaste | sitiou | sitiamos1, sitiámos2 | sitiastes | sitiaram |
| Pluperfect | sitiara | sitiaras | sitiara | sitiáramos | sitiáreis | sitiaram |
| Future | sitiarei | sitiarás | sitiará | sitiaremos | sitiareis | sitiarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| sitiaria | sitiarias | sitiaria | sitiaríamos | sitiaríeis | sitiariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | sitie | sities | sitie | sitiemos | sitieis | sitiem |
| Imperfect | sitiasse | sitiasses | sitiasse | sitiássemos | sitiásseis | sitiassem |
| Future | sitiar | sitiares | sitiar | sitiarmos | sitiardes | sitiarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | sitia | sitie | sitiemos | sitiai | sitiem | |
| Negative (não) | não sities | não sitie | não sitiemos | não sitieis | não sitiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- sítio
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin situō, perhaps by way of Occitan, with the ending influenced by the synonymous asediar.
Verb
sitiar (first-person singular present sitio, first-person singular preterite sitié, past participle sitiado)
- to besiege
- Synonym: asediar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sitiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | sitiar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | sitiando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | sitiado | sitiada | |||||
| plural | sitiados | sitiadas | |||||
| 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 | sitio | sitiastú sitiásvos | sitia | sitiamos | sitiáis | sitian | |
| imperfect | sitiaba | sitiabas | sitiaba | sitiábamos | sitiabais | sitiaban | |
| preterite | sitié | sitiaste | sitió | sitiamos | sitiasteis | sitiaron | |
| future | sitiaré | sitiarás | sitiará | sitiaremos | sitiaréis | sitiarán | |
| conditional | sitiaría | sitiarías | sitiaría | sitiaríamos | sitiaríais | sitiarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | sitie | sitiestú sitiésvos2 | sitie | sitiemos | sitiéis | sitien | |
| imperfect (ra) | sitiara | sitiaras | sitiara | sitiáramos | sitiarais | sitiaran | |
| imperfect (se) | sitiase | sitiases | sitiase | sitiásemos | sitiaseis | sitiasen | |
| future1 | sitiare | sitiares | sitiare | sitiáremos | sitiareis | sitiaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | sitiatú sitiávos | sitie | sitiemos | sitiad | sitien | ||
| negative | no sities | no sitie | no sitiemos | no sitiéis | no sitien | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sitiar
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 sitiar | |||||||
| dative | sitiarme | sitiarte | sitiarle, sitiarse | sitiarnos | sitiaros | sitiarles, sitiarse | |
| accusative | sitiarme | sitiarte | sitiarlo, sitiarla, sitiarse | sitiarnos | sitiaros | sitiarlos, sitiarlas, sitiarse | |
| with gerund sitiando | |||||||
| dative | sitiándome | sitiándote | sitiándole, sitiándose | sitiándonos | sitiándoos | sitiándoles, sitiándose | |
| accusative | sitiándome | sitiándote | sitiándolo, sitiándola, sitiándose | sitiándonos | sitiándoos | sitiándolos, sitiándolas, sitiándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative sitia | |||||||
| dative | sítiame | sítiate | sítiale | sítianos | not used | sítiales | |
| accusative | sítiame | sítiate | sítialo, sítiala | sítianos | not used | sítialos, sítialas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative sitiá | |||||||
| dative | sitiame | sitiate | sitiale | sitianos | not used | sitiales | |
| accusative | sitiame | sitiate | sitialo, sitiala | sitianos | not used | sitialos, sitialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative sitie | |||||||
| dative | sítieme | not used | sítiele, sítiese | sítienos | not used | sítieles | |
| accusative | sítieme | not used | sítielo, sítiela, sítiese | sítienos | not used | sítielos, sítielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative sitiemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | sitiémoste | sitiémosle | sitiémonos | sitiémoos | sitiémosles | |
| accusative | not used | sitiémoste | sitiémoslo, sitiémosla | sitiémonos | sitiémoos | sitiémoslos, sitiémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative sitiad | |||||||
| dative | sitiadme | not used | sitiadle | sitiadnos | sitiaos | sitiadles | |
| accusative | sitiadme | not used | sitiadlo, sitiadla | sitiadnos | sitiaos | sitiadlos, sitiadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative sitien | |||||||
| dative | sítienme | not used | sítienle | sítiennos | not used | sítienles, sítiense | |
| accusative | sítienme | not used | sítienlo, sítienla | sítiennos | not used | sítienlos, sítienlas, sítiense | |
Further reading
- “sitiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014