agitar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ʒiˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒiˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ʒiˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

agitar (first-person singular present agito, first-person singular preterite agití, past participle agitat)

1. (transitive) to shake
2. (transitive) to wave
3. (transitive) to rouse, to stir up, to agitate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of agitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			agitar
gerund			agitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agitat		agitada
		plural		agitats		agitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agito	agites	agita	agitem	agiteu	agiten
	imperfect	agitava	agitaves	agitava	agitàvem	agitàveu	agitaven
	future	agitaré	agitaràs	agitarà	agitarem	agitareu	agitaran
	preterite	agití	agitares	agità	agitàrem	agitàreu	agitaren
	conditional	agitaria	agitaries	agitaria	agitaríem	agitaríeu	agitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	agiti	agitis	agiti	agitem	agiteu	agitin
	imperfect	agités	agitessis	agités	agitéssim	agitéssiu	agitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	agita	agiti	agitem	agiteu	agitin
	negative (no)	—	no agitis	no agiti	no agitem	no agiteu	no agitin

Related terms

• agitació
• agitar-se

Further reading

• “agitar”, 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
• “agitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “agitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “agitar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡiˈtar/

Verb

agitar (present agitas, past agitis, future agitos, conditional agitus, imperative agitez)

1. (transitive) to agitate, to shake (something, usually a liquid)

   Synonym: sukusar

2. (transitive) to wave (flag, hand, etc.)
3. (transitive, figurative) to excite (feelings)

Conjugation

Conjugation of agitar

		present		past		future
infinitive		agitar		agitir		agitor
tense		agitas		agitis		agitos
conditional		agitus		—		—
imperative		agitez		—		—
adjective active participle		agitanta		agitinta		agitonta
adverbial active participle		agitante		agitinte		agitonte
nominal active participle	singular	agitanto		agitinto		agitonto
	plural	agitanti		agitinti		agitonti
adjective passive participle		agitata		agitita		agitota
adverbial passive participle		agitate		agitite		agitote
nominal passive participle	singular	agitato		agitito		agitoto
	plural	agitati		agititi		agitoti

Related terms

• agitesar
• agito

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin -itō

Latin agitārelbor.

Portuguese agitar

Learned borrowing from Latin agitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ʒiˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ʒiˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʒiˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [a.ʒiˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.ʒiˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʒiˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʒiˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʒiˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧tar

Verb

agitar (first-person singular present agito, first-person singular preterite agitei, past participle agitado)

1. to shake, agitate
2. to wave

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agitar (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	agitar
Personal	agitar	agitares	agitar	agitarmos	agitardes	agitarem
Gerund
	agitando
Past participle
Masculine	agitado			agitados
Feminine	agitada			agitadas
Indicative
Present	agito	agitas	agita	agitamos	agitais	agitam
Imperfect	agitava	agitavas	agitava	agitávamos	agitáveis	agitavam
Preterite	agitei	agitaste	agitou	agitamos1, agitámos2	agitastes	agitaram
Pluperfect	agitara	agitaras	agitara	agitáramos	agitáreis	agitaram
Future	agitarei	agitarás	agitará	agitaremos	agitareis	agitarão
Conditional	agitaria	agitarias	agitaria	agitaríamos	agitaríeis	agitariam
Subjunctive
Present	agite	agites	agite	agitemos	agiteis	agitem
Imperfect	agitasse	agitasses	agitasse	agitássemos	agitásseis	agitassem
Future	agitar	agitares	agitar	agitarmos	agitardes	agitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		agita	agite	agitemos	agitai	agitem
Negative (não)		não agites	não agite	não agitemos	não agiteis	não agitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• agitação

Further reading

• “agitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “agitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin -itō

Latin agitārebor.

Spanish agitar

Borrowed from Latin agitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /axiˈtaɾ/ [a.xiˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧tar

Verb

agitar (first-person singular present agito, first-person singular preterite agité, past participle agitado)

1. to shake, to agitate, to churn, to churn up

   Agítese bien antes de usarlo

   Shake well before using

   Agitó su cabeza con incredulidad.

   She shook her head in disbelief.

2. to wave, to flail

   Es hora de agitar la bandera blanca y rendirnos.

   It's time for us to wave the white flag and surrender.

3. to wag

   Synonym: mover

   Los perros agitan la cola.

   Dogs wag their tails.

4. to stir, to stir up, to agitate, to shake up, to rattle, to ruffle (provoke)

   agitar las cosas

   to stir things up

5. (transitive, reflexive) to flap (e.g., wings, sails)

   Synonym: batir

6. (reflexive) to churn, to be shaken, to be tossed (about), to be stirred, to be agitated
7. (reflexive) to flail, shake (to wave or swing vigorously)

   Synonyms: sacudirse, debatirse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of agitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			agitar
gerund			agitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		agitado		agitada
		plural		agitados		agitadas
		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	agito	agitastú agitásvos	agita	agitamos	agitáis	agitan
	imperfect	agitaba	agitabas	agitaba	agitábamos	agitabais	agitaban
	preterite	agité	agitaste	agitó	agitamos	agitasteis	agitaron
	future	agitaré	agitarás	agitará	agitaremos	agitaréis	agitarán
	conditional	agitaría	agitarías	agitaría	agitaríamos	agitaríais	agitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	agite	agitestú agitésvos2	agite	agitemos	agitéis	agiten
	imperfect (ra)	agitara	agitaras	agitara	agitáramos	agitarais	agitaran
	imperfect (se)	agitase	agitases	agitase	agitásemos	agitaseis	agitasen
	future1	agitare	agitares	agitare	agitáremos	agitareis	agitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		agitatú agitávos	agite	agitemos	agitad	agiten
	negative		no agites	no agite	no agitemos	no agitéis	no agiten

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

    Selected combined forms of agitar

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 agitar	dative	agitarme	agitarte	agitarle, agitarse	agitarnos	agitaros	agitarles, agitarse
	accusative	agitarme	agitarte	agitarlo, agitarla, agitarse	agitarnos	agitaros	agitarlos, agitarlas, agitarse
with gerund agitando	dative	agitándome	agitándote	agitándole, agitándose	agitándonos	agitándoos	agitándoles, agitándose
	accusative	agitándome	agitándote	agitándolo, agitándola, agitándose	agitándonos	agitándoos	agitándolos, agitándolas, agitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative agita	dative	agítame	agítate	agítale	agítanos	not used	agítales
	accusative	agítame	agítate	agítalo, agítala	agítanos	not used	agítalos, agítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative agitá	dative	agitame	agitate	agitale	agitanos	not used	agitales
	accusative	agitame	agitate	agitalo, agitala	agitanos	not used	agitalos, agitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative agite	dative	agíteme	not used	agítele, agítese	agítenos	not used	agíteles
	accusative	agíteme	not used	agítelo, agítela, agítese	agítenos	not used	agítelos, agítelas
with first-person plural imperative agitemos	dative	not used	agitémoste	agitémosle	agitémonos	agitémoos	agitémosles
	accusative	not used	agitémoste	agitémoslo, agitémosla	agitémonos	agitémoos	agitémoslos, agitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative agitad	dative	agitadme	not used	agitadle	agitadnos	agitaos	agitadles
	accusative	agitadme	not used	agitadlo, agitadla	agitadnos	agitaos	agitadlos, agitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative agiten	dative	agítenme	not used	agítenle	agítennos	not used	agítenles, agítense
	accusative	agítenme	not used	agítenlo, agítenla	agítennos	not used	agítenlos, agítenlas, agítense

Derived terms

• agitado

Related terms

• agitación
• agitador

Further reading

• “agitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025