# exigir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exigere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir. First attested in 1388.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.ziˈʒi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eɡ.ziˈd͡ʒiɾ]

### Verb

exigir (first-person singular present exigeixo, first-person singular preterite exigí, past participle exigit)
* to demand

#### Related terms

* exigència
* exigent

### References

* ↑ “exigir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin exigō.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)
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### Verb

exigir
* to demand

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | exigir | exigir | exigir | ?er exigit | ?er exigit | ?er exigit |
| past participle | past participle | exigit | exigit | exigit | — | — | — |
| gerund | gerund | exigissent | exigissent | exigissent | ?ent exigit | ?ent exigit | ?ent exigit |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | exigissi | exigisses | exigís | exigissèm | exigissètz | exigisson |
| indicative | imperfect | exigissiái | exigissiás | exigissiá | exigissiam | exigissiatz | exigissián |
| indicative | preterite | exigiguèri | exigiguères | exigiguèt | exigiguèrem | exigiguèretz | exigiguèron |
| indicative | future | exigirai | exigiràs | exigirà | exigirem | exigiretz | exigiràn |
| indicative | conditional | exigiriái | exigiriás | exigiriá | exigiriam | exigiriatz | exigirián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | exigiguèra | exigiguèras | exigiguèra | exigigueram | exigigueratz | exigiguèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | exigisca | exigiscas | exigisca | exigiscam | exigiscatz | exigiscan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | exigiguèsse | exigiguèsses | exigiguèsse | exigiguèssem | exigiguèssetz | exigiguèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | exigís | | exigiscam | exigissetz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

#### Related terms

* exigéncia
* exigent

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exigere.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.ziˈʒi(ʁ)/ [e.ziˈʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.ziˈʒi(ʁ)/ [e.ziˈʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.ziˈʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.ziˈʒi(ʁ)/ [e.ziˈʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.ziˈʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ziˈʒiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ziˈʒiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.ziˈʒi.ɾi/

### Verb

exigir (first-person singular present exijo, first-person singular preterite exigi, past participle exigido)
* to require, need
* to ask, demand
    Synonym: demandar

#### Related terms

* exigência
* exigente

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin exigere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡsiˈxiɾ/ [eɣ̞.siˈxiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: e‧xi‧gir

### Verb

exigir (first-person singular present exijo, first-person singular preterite exigí, past participle exigido)
* (transitive) to demand; to require; to call for
    Synonym: demandar
* (transitive) to exact
* (transitive) to hold (e.g., accountable)
* (reflexive) to be required, to be demanded

#### 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

* exigencia
* exigente

### Further reading

* “exigir”, 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