intimidar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).
Pronunciation
Verb
intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidí, past participle intimidat)
- (transitive) to intimidate
Conjugation
Derived terms
- intimidació
Related terms
Further reading
- “intimidar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “intimidar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “intimidar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “intimidar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”).
Verb
intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidei, past participle intimidado)
- (transitive) to intimidate
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “intimidar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Occitan
Etymology
From Medieval Latin intimidāre, from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Conjugation

simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | intimidar | aver intimidat | |||||
gerund | intimidant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | intimidat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | intimidi | intimidas | intimida | intimidam | intimidatz | intimidan | |
imperfect | intimidavi | intimidavas | intimidava | intimidàvem | intimidàvetz | intimidavan | |
preterite | intimidèri | intimidères | intimidèt | intimidèrem | intimidèretz | intimidèron | |
future | intimidarai | intimidaràs | intimidarà | intimidarem | intimidaretz | intimidaràn | |
conditional | intimidariái | intimidariás | intimidariá | intimidariam | intimidariatz | intimidarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | intimidèra | intimidèras | intimidèra | intimideram | intimideratz | intimidèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | intimide | intimides | intimide | intimidem | intimidetz | intimiden | |
imperfect | intimidèssi | intimidèsses | intimidèsse | intimidèssem | intimidèssetz | intimidèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
intimida | intimidem | intimidatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | intimidar | aver intimidat | |||||
gerund | intimidant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | intimidat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | intimide | intimides | intimida | intimidam | intimidatz | intimidon | |
imperfect | intimidave | intimidaves | intimidava | intimidaviam | intimidaviatz | intimidavon | |
preterite | intimidere | intimideres | intimidet | intimidem | intimidetz | intimideron | |
future | intimidarai | intimidaràs | intimidará | intimidarem | intimidaretz | intimidarán | |
conditional | intimidariá | intimidariás | intimidariá | intimidariam | intimidariatz | intimidarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | intimidèra | intimidèras | intimidèra | intimideram | intimideratz | intimidèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | intimide | intimides | intimide | intimidassiam | intimidassiatz | intimidon | |
imperfect | intimidesse | intimidesses | intimidesse | intimidessiam | intimidessiatz | intimidesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
intimida | intimidassiam | intimidatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | intimidar | aver intimidat | |||||
gerund | intimidant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | intimidat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | intimidi | intimidas | intimida | intimidam | intimidatz | intimidan | |
imperfect | intimidavi | intimidavas | intimidava | intimidàvam | intimidàvatz | intimidavan | |
preterite | intimidèi | intimidès | intimidè | intimidèm | intimidètz | intimidèn | |
future | intimidarèi | intimidaràs | intimidarà | intimidaram | intimidaratz | intimidaràn | |
conditional | intimidarí | intimidarés | intimidaré | intimidarem | intimidaretz | intimidarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | intimidèra | intimidèras | intimidèra | intimideram | intimideratz | intimidèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | intimidi | intimides | intimide | intimidem | intimidetz | intimiden | |
imperfect | intimidèssi | intimidèsses | intimidèsse | intimidèssem | intimidèssetz | intimidèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
intimida | intimidem | intimidatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | intimidar | aver intimidat | |||||
gerund | intimidant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | intimidat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | intimide | intimidas | intimida | intimidam | intimidatz | intimidan | |
imperfect | intimidava | intimidavas | intimidava | intimidàvam | intimidàvatz | intimidavan | |
preterite | intimidei | intimideras | intimidet | intimidèram | intimidèratz | intimideran | |
future | intimidarai | intimidaràs | intimidará | intimidarem | intimidaretz | intimidarán | |
conditional | intimidariá | intimidariàs | intimidariá | intimidariam | intimidariatz | intimidarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | intimidèra | intimidèras | intimidèra | intimideram | intimideratz | intimidèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | intimide | intimides | intimide | intimidem | intimidetz | intimiden | |
imperfect | intimidèsse | intimidèsses | intimidèsse | intimidèssem | intimidèssetz | intimidèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
intimida | intimidem | intimidatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||

simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | intimidar | aver intimidat | |||||
gerund | intimidant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | intimidat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | intimide | intimides | intimida | intimidam | intimidatz | intimidan | |
imperfect | intimidavi | intimidavas | intimidava | intimidàvem | intimidàvetz | intimidavan | |
preterite | intimidère | intimidères | intimidèt | intimideriam | intimideriatz | intimidèron | |
future | intimidarai | intimidaràs | intimidarà | intimidarem | intimidaretz | intimidaràn | |
conditional | intimidariáu | intimidariás | intimidariá | intimidariam | intimidariatz | intimidarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | intimidèra | intimidèras | intimidèra | intimideram | intimideratz | intimidèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | intimide | intimides | intimide | intimidem | intimidetz | intimidan | |
imperfect | intimidèsse | intimidèsses | intimidèsse | intimidessiam | intimidessiatz | intimidèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
intimida | intimidem | intimidatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
- intimidacion
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ʁ)/ [ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.t͡ʃi.miˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.ti.miˈdaɾ/ [ĩ.ti.miˈðaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.ti.miˈda.ɾi/ [ĩ.ti.miˈða.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: in‧ti‧mi‧dar
Verb
intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidei, past participle intimidado)
- (transitive) to frighten (disturb with fear)
- (transitive) to intimidate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin intimidāre (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /intimiˈdaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪i.miˈð̞aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧ti‧mi‧dar
Verb
intimidar (first-person singular present intimido, first-person singular preterite intimidé, past participle intimidado)
- (transitive) to intimidate, to frighten
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar
- (transitive) to bully
- Synonym: acosar
Conjugation
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 intimidar | |||||||
dative | intimidarme | intimidarte | intimidarle, intimidarse | intimidarnos | intimidaros | intimidarles, intimidarse | |
accusative | intimidarme | intimidarte | intimidarlo, intimidarla, intimidarse | intimidarnos | intimidaros | intimidarlos, intimidarlas, intimidarse | |
with gerund intimidando | |||||||
dative | intimidándome | intimidándote | intimidándole, intimidándose | intimidándonos | intimidándoos | intimidándoles, intimidándose | |
accusative | intimidándome | intimidándote | intimidándolo, intimidándola, intimidándose | intimidándonos | intimidándoos | intimidándolos, intimidándolas, intimidándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intimida | |||||||
dative | intimídame | intimídate | intimídale | intimídanos | not used | intimídales | |
accusative | intimídame | intimídate | intimídalo, intimídala | intimídanos | not used | intimídalos, intimídalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative intimidá | |||||||
dative | intimidame | intimidate | intimidale | intimidanos | not used | intimidales | |
accusative | intimidame | intimidate | intimidalo, intimidala | intimidanos | not used | intimidalos, intimidalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative intimide | |||||||
dative | intimídeme | not used | intimídele, intimídese | intimídenos | not used | intimídeles | |
accusative | intimídeme | not used | intimídelo, intimídela, intimídese | intimídenos | not used | intimídelos, intimídelas | |
with first-person plural imperative intimidemos | |||||||
dative | not used | intimidémoste | intimidémosle | intimidémonos | intimidémoos | intimidémosles | |
accusative | not used | intimidémoste | intimidémoslo, intimidémosla | intimidémonos | intimidémoos | intimidémoslos, intimidémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative intimidad | |||||||
dative | intimidadme | not used | intimidadle | intimidadnos | intimidaos | intimidadles | |
accusative | intimidadme | not used | intimidadlo, intimidadla | intimidadnos | intimidaos | intimidadlos, intimidadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative intimiden | |||||||
dative | intimídenme | not used | intimídenle | intimídennos | not used | intimídenles, intimídense | |
accusative | intimídenme | not used | intimídenlo, intimídenla | intimídennos | not used | intimídenlos, intimídenlas, intimídense |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “intimidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014