# intimidar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [in.ti.miˈða]
* IPA: (Valencia) [in.ti.miˈðaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidí, past participle intimidat)
* (transitive) to intimidate

#### Derived terms

* intimidació

#### Related terms

* tímid

### Further reading

* “intimidar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “intimidar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “intimidar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “intimidar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”).

### Verb

intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidei, past participle intimidado)
* (transitive) to intimidate

#### Related terms

* intimidación
* tímido

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin intimidāre, from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

intimidar
* to intimidate

#### Related terms

* intimidacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.ti.miˈdaɾ/ [ĩ.ti.miˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.ti.miˈdaɾ/ [ĩ.ti.miˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.ti.miˈda.ɾi/ [ĩ.ti.miˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: in‧ti‧mi‧dar

### Verb

intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidei, past participle intimidado)
* (transitive) to frighten (disturb with fear)
* (transitive) to intimidate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* intimidação

#### Related terms

* tímido

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /intimiˈdaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪i.miˈð̞aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ti‧mi‧dar

### Verb

intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidé, past participle intimidado)
* (transitive) to intimidate, to frighten
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar
* (transitive) to bully
    Synonym: acosar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* intimidación

#### Related terms

* tímido

### Further reading

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