suscitar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [su.siˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [su.siˈtaɾ]

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Verb

suscitar (first-person singular present suscito, first-person singular preterite suscití, past participle suscitat)

1. (transitive) to provoke, cause

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suscitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			suscitar
gerund			suscitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		suscitat		suscitada
		plural		suscitats		suscitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	suscito	suscites	suscita	suscitem	susciteu	susciten
	imperfect	suscitava	suscitaves	suscitava	suscitàvem	suscitàveu	suscitaven
	future	suscitaré	suscitaràs	suscitarà	suscitarem	suscitareu	suscitaran
	preterite	suscití	suscitares	suscità	suscitàrem	suscitàreu	suscitaren
	conditional	suscitaria	suscitaries	suscitaria	suscitaríem	suscitaríeu	suscitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	susciti	suscitis	susciti	suscitem	susciteu	suscitin
	imperfect	suscités	suscitessis	suscités	suscitéssim	suscitéssiu	suscitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	suscita	susciti	suscitem	susciteu	suscitin
	negative (no)	—	no suscitis	no susciti	no suscitem	no susciteu	no suscitin

Further reading

• “suscitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “suscitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “suscitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “suscitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suscitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.siˈta(ʁ)/ [su.siˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.siˈta(ʁ)/ [su.siˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.siˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.siˈta(ʁ)/ [su.siˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.siˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /suʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /su.ʃiˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /suʃ.siˈtaɾ/, /su.ʃiˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /suʃ.siˈta.ɾi/, /su.ʃiˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sus‧ci‧tar

Verb

suscitar (first-person singular present suscito, first-person singular preterite suscitei, past participle suscitado)

1. (transitive) to provoke; to cause; to bring about

   Synonyms: provocar, causar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suscitar (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	suscitar
Personal	suscitar	suscitares	suscitar	suscitarmos	suscitardes	suscitarem
Gerund
	suscitando
Past participle
Masculine	suscitado			suscitados
Feminine	suscitada			suscitadas
Indicative
Present	suscito	suscitas	suscita	suscitamos	suscitais	suscitam
Imperfect	suscitava	suscitavas	suscitava	suscitávamos	suscitáveis	suscitavam
Preterite	suscitei	suscitaste	suscitou	suscitamos1, suscitámos2	suscitastes	suscitaram
Pluperfect	suscitara	suscitaras	suscitara	suscitáramos	suscitáreis	suscitaram
Future	suscitarei	suscitarás	suscitará	suscitaremos	suscitareis	suscitarão
Conditional	suscitaria	suscitarias	suscitaria	suscitaríamos	suscitaríeis	suscitariam
Subjunctive
Present	suscite	suscites	suscite	suscitemos	susciteis	suscitem
Imperfect	suscitasse	suscitasses	suscitasse	suscitássemos	suscitásseis	suscitassem
Future	suscitar	suscitares	suscitar	suscitarmos	suscitardes	suscitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		suscita	suscite	suscitemos	suscitai	suscitem
Negative (não)		não suscites	não suscite	não suscitemos	não susciteis	não suscitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “suscitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “suscitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sucitar (dated or nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suscitāre. Compare asustar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /susθiˈtaɾ/ [sus.θiˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /susiˈtaɾ/ [su.siˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sus‧ci‧tar

Verb

suscitar (first-person singular present suscito, first-person singular preterite suscité, past participle suscitado)

1. to provoke, to stir up, to give rise to

   suscitar la simpatía

   elicit sympathy

   • 1902, Benito Pérez Galdós, Narváez, chapter XXV:

     Lo extraordinario, lo que suscitó en mí tanta sorpresa como admiración, por el poder adivinatorio que en D. Francisco revelaba, fue que me hablase de la continuación de mis Memorias, escrita en Madrid en Febrero y Marzo del año anterior […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to raise, to give rise to, to elicit (e.g., a question, a concern, support)

   suscita dudas

   it raises doubts

   suscita la pregunta

   it raises the question

   suscité unas objecciones

   I raised some objections

Conjugation

    Conjugation of suscitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			suscitar
gerund			suscitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		suscitado		suscitada
		plural		suscitados		suscitadas
		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	suscito	suscitastú suscitásvos	suscita	suscitamos	suscitáis	suscitan
	imperfect	suscitaba	suscitabas	suscitaba	suscitábamos	suscitabais	suscitaban
	preterite	suscité	suscitaste	suscitó	suscitamos	suscitasteis	suscitaron
	future	suscitaré	suscitarás	suscitará	suscitaremos	suscitaréis	suscitarán
	conditional	suscitaría	suscitarías	suscitaría	suscitaríamos	suscitaríais	suscitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	suscite	suscitestú suscitésvos2	suscite	suscitemos	suscitéis	susciten
	imperfect (ra)	suscitara	suscitaras	suscitara	suscitáramos	suscitarais	suscitaran
	imperfect (se)	suscitase	suscitases	suscitase	suscitásemos	suscitaseis	suscitasen
	future1	suscitare	suscitares	suscitare	suscitáremos	suscitareis	suscitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		suscitatú suscitávos	suscite	suscitemos	suscitad	susciten
	negative		no suscites	no suscite	no suscitemos	no suscitéis	no susciten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of suscitar

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 suscitar	dative	suscitarme	suscitarte	suscitarle, suscitarse	suscitarnos	suscitaros	suscitarles, suscitarse
	accusative	suscitarme	suscitarte	suscitarlo, suscitarla, suscitarse	suscitarnos	suscitaros	suscitarlos, suscitarlas, suscitarse
with gerund suscitando	dative	suscitándome	suscitándote	suscitándole, suscitándose	suscitándonos	suscitándoos	suscitándoles, suscitándose
	accusative	suscitándome	suscitándote	suscitándolo, suscitándola, suscitándose	suscitándonos	suscitándoos	suscitándolos, suscitándolas, suscitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative suscita	dative	suscítame	suscítate	suscítale	suscítanos	not used	suscítales
	accusative	suscítame	suscítate	suscítalo, suscítala	suscítanos	not used	suscítalos, suscítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative suscitá	dative	suscitame	suscitate	suscitale	suscitanos	not used	suscitales
	accusative	suscitame	suscitate	suscitalo, suscitala	suscitanos	not used	suscitalos, suscitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative suscite	dative	suscíteme	not used	suscítele, suscítese	suscítenos	not used	suscíteles
	accusative	suscíteme	not used	suscítelo, suscítela, suscítese	suscítenos	not used	suscítelos, suscítelas
with first-person plural imperative suscitemos	dative	not used	suscitémoste	suscitémosle	suscitémonos	suscitémoos	suscitémosles
	accusative	not used	suscitémoste	suscitémoslo, suscitémosla	suscitémonos	suscitémoos	suscitémoslos, suscitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative suscitad	dative	suscitadme	not used	suscitadle	suscitadnos	suscitaos	suscitadles
	accusative	suscitadme	not used	suscitadlo, suscitadla	suscitadnos	suscitaos	suscitadlos, suscitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative susciten	dative	suscítenme	not used	suscítenle	suscítennos	not used	suscítenles, suscítense
	accusative	suscítenme	not used	suscítenlo, suscítenla	suscítennos	not used	suscítenlos, suscítenlas, suscítense

Further reading

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