# existir
## Asturian
### Verb

existir
* Alternative form of esistir

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin existere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əɡ.zisˈti]
* IPA: (Valencia) [eɡ.zisˈtiɾ]
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

### Verb

existir (first-person singular present existeixo, first-person singular preterite existí, past participle existit)
* to exist, to be

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin existere, infinitive of existō.

### Verb

existir (first-person singular present existo, first-person singular preterite existín, past participle existido) existir (first-person singular present existo, first-person singular preterite existim or existi, past participle existido, reintegrationist norm)
* to exist

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* existente
* existencia
* existencial

#### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin existere, infinitive of existō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /edzisˈti/
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

existir
* (intransitive) to exist

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | existir | existir | existir | ?er existit | ?er existit | ?er existit |
| past participle | past participle | existit | existit | existit | — | — | — |
| gerund | gerund | existissent | existissent | existissent | ?ent existit | ?ent existit | ?ent existit |
| 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 | existissi | existisses | existís | existissèm | existissètz | existisson |
| indicative | imperfect | existissiái | existissiás | existissiá | existissiam | existissiatz | existissián |
| indicative | preterite | existiguèri | existiguères | existiguèt | existiguèrem | existiguèretz | existiguèron |
| indicative | future | existirai | existiràs | existirà | existirem | existiretz | existiràn |
| indicative | conditional | existiriái | existiriás | existiriá | existiriam | existiriatz | existirián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | existiguèra | existiguèras | existiguèra | existigueram | existigueratz | existiguèran |
| 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 | existisca | existiscas | existisca | existiscam | existiscatz | existiscan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | existiguèsse | existiguèsses | existiguèsse | existiguèssem | existiguèssetz | existiguèsson |
| 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 | | existís | | existiscam | existissetz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

#### Related terms

* existéncia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin existere, variant of exsistō (“to step forth, to emerge”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.zisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.zisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.zisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.zisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.ziʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [e.ziʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.zisˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ziʃˈtiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ziʃˈtiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.ziʃˈti.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /e.ziʃ.ˈti(χ)/, /i.ziʃ.ˈti(χ)/
* (Caipira) IPA: /i.zis.ˈt͡ʃi/
* Homophone: existi (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: e‧xis‧tir

### Verb

existir (first-person singular present existo, first-person singular preterite existi, past participle existido)
* to exist (to be)
    Synonyms: haver, ser, viver, estar, durar
    Antonym: inexistir
** 2007, Rubens Edwald Filho, Nilu Lebert, O cinema vai à mesa, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN, page 31:Mudam os ingredientes do caldo, mudam as massas. O macarrão soba é à base de trigo sarraceno e é servido quente ou gelado; o udon, de farinha branca, pode ser encontrado fresco ou seco; o sômen é bem fininho, quase um cabelo-de-anjo japonês; o harusame, para ser servido gelado, é uma massa feita de feijão-verde e, finalmente, existe o lamen, originário da China, porém muito difundido no Japão.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 2009, Robson Campos De Abreu, Teatro para Mágicos, Clube de Autores, page 60:A música é tão importante que existe até categoria de premiação no Oscar, pois a mesma ajuda a criar todo o clima que vemos nos filmes[,] seja este um filme divertido e infantil, ou seja, aquele terror super hiper mega blaster assustador.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* existência
* existencial
* existencialismo
* existencialista
* existente
* inexistência
* inexistir

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin existere, infinitive of existō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eɡsisˈtiɾ/ [eɣ̞.sisˈt̪iɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: e‧xis‧tir

### Verb

existir (first-person singular present existo, first-person singular preterite existí, past participle existido)
* to exist

#### 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

* pienso, luego existo

### Further reading

* “existir”, 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