sitiar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin situāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [si.tiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [si.tiˈaɾ]

Verb

sitiar (first-person singular present sitio, first-person singular preterite sitií, past participle sitiat)

1. (archaic) to situate
2. to besiege

   Synonym: assetjar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sitiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			sitiar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	sitia	sitiï	sitiem	sitieu	sitiïn
	negative (no)	—	no sitiïs	no sitiï	no sitiem	no sitieu	no sitiïn

Related terms

• siti
• situar

Further reading

• “sitiar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

sitiar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of sitiō

Portuguese

Etymology

From sítio +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [si.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [siˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [si.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [siˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /si.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [si.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [si.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [siˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/ [si.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /siˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: si‧ti‧ar

Verb

sitiar (first-person singular present sitio, first-person singular preterite sitiei, past participle sitiado)

1. (transitive) to besiege (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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• sítio

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin situāre, perhaps by way of Occitan, with the ending influenced by the synonymous asediar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈtjaɾ/ [siˈt̪jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧tiar

Verb

sitiar (first-person singular present sitio, first-person singular preterite sitié, past participle sitiado)

1. (transitive) 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

Derived terms

• sitiador

 

Further reading

• “sitiar”, 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