conquistar

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *conquisitāre, present active infinitive of *conquisitō, from Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquīrō.

conquistar

1. (transitive) to conquer

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “conquistar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *conquisitāre, present active infinitive of *conquisitō (compare Occitan conquistar, Portuguese and Spanish conquistar, Italian conquistare), from Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquīrō. It may alternatively be an old derivative of conquist, from a variant of Old Catalan conquest, the archaic past participle of conquerir[1].

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /koŋ.kisˈta/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kuŋ.kisˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /koŋ.kisˈtaɾ/

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, past participle conquistat)

1. to conquer

   Synonym: conquerir

2. to convince, to persuade

   Synonyms: convèncer, persuadir

• conquistador

• conquesta

• “conquistar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “conquistar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “conquistar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *conquisitāre[1], from Latin conquisitus, past participle of conquīrō. Displaced Old Portuguese conquerer. It may also be analyzed as an internal derivative of the past participle of the aforementioned Old Portuguese verb, or an early Romance formation; compare the other cognates on this page.

• Hyphenation: con‧quis‧tar

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, first-person singular preterite conquistei, past participle conquistado)

1. to conquer
   1. to acquire by arms; to win in war

      Em 146 a.C., O Império Romano conquistou a Grécia

      In 146 BC, the Roman Empire conquered Greece

      Synonyms: ocupar, invadir

   2. to earn or achieve something through effort

      Conquistei meu sonho

      I made my dream real

      Synonyms: realizar, conseguir

2. to captivate, to charm, to seduce (to attract the attention of someone)

   Ela me conquistou

   She seduced me

   Synonyms: seduzir, atrair

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conquistar.

• reconquistar

• conquista
• conquistador

Possibly from a hypothetical Vulgar Latin *conquīsītāre, present active infinitive of *conquīsītō[1], from Latin conquīsītus, perfect passive participle of conquīrō; alternatively, it may simply be an internal formation, as a derivation of conquista, from the feminine past participle of Old Spanish conquerir, which this verb replaced over time[2].

• IPA^(key): /konkisˈtaɾ/ [kõŋ.kisˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧quis‧tar

conquistar (first-person singular present conquisto, first-person singular preterite conquisté, past participle conquistado)

1. (transitive) to conquer
2. (figuratively, transitive) to enamor, romantically convince
3. (figuratively, transitive) to charm (an object to a person)

   Ese carro me conquistó

   That car charmed me (I liked that car a lot).

• reconquistar

• conquista
• conquistador

• “conquistar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014