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suscitar

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

  1. (transitive) to provoke, cause

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin suscitāre.

Pronunciation

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  • (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

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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

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin suscitāre. Compare asustar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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