sitiar

From Latin situāre.

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

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

1. (archaic) to situate
2. to besiege

   Synonym: assetjar

• siti
• situar

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

sitiar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of sitiō

From sítio +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: si‧ti‧ar

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

• sítio

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

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

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

1. (transitive) to besiege

   Synonym: asediar

• “sitiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28