# estimular
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əs.ti.muˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.ti.muˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

estimular (first-person singular present estimulo, first-person singular preterite estimulí, past participle estimulat)
* to stimulate

#### Derived terms

* estimulant
* estimulador

#### Related terms

* estímul
* estimulació

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin stimulāre.

### Verb

estimular (first-person singular present estimulo, first-person singular preterite estimulei, past participle estimulado)
* to stimulate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* estimulación
* estímulo

### Further reading

* “estimular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “estimular” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

estimular
* to stimulate

#### Related terms

* estimulacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/ [is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(h)], /es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/ [is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(h)], /es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/ [es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ɾ)/, /es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/ [iʃ.t͡ʃi.muˈla(χ)], /eʃ.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ʁ)/ [eʃ.t͡ʃi.muˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.t͡ʃi.muˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.ti.muˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.ti.muˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.ti.muˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: es‧ti‧mu‧lar

### Verb

estimular (first-person singular present estimulo, first-person singular preterite estimulei, past participle estimulado)
* to stimulate

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* estimulação
* estimulante
* estímulo

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /estimuˈlaɾ/ [es.t̪i.muˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧ti‧mu‧lar

### Verb

estimular (first-person singular present estimulo, first-person singular preterite estimulé, past participle estimulado)
* to stimulate

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* estimulación
* estimulante
* estímulo

### Further reading

* “estimular”, 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