assistir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.sisˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.sisˈtiɾ]

Verb

assistir (first-person singular present assisteixo, first-person singular preterite assistí, past participle assistit)

1. to attend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assistir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			assistir
gerund			assistint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		assistit		assistida
		plural		assistits		assistides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	assisteixo	assisteixes	assisteix	assistim	assistiu	assisteixen
	imperfect	assistia	assisties	assistia	assistíem	assistíeu	assistien
	future	assistiré	assistiràs	assistirà	assistirem	assistireu	assistiran
	preterite	assistí	assistires	assistí	assistírem	assistíreu	assistiren
	conditional	assistiria	assistiries	assistiria	assistiríem	assistiríeu	assistirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	assisteixi	assisteixis	assisteixi	assistim	assistiu	assisteixin
	imperfect	assistís	assistissis	assistís	assistíssim	assistíssiu	assistissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	assisteix	assisteixi	assistim	assistiu	assisteixin
	negative (no)	—	no assisteixis	no assisteixi	no assistim	no assistiu	no assisteixin

Related terms

• assistència
• assistent

Further reading

• “assistir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “assistir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “assistir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “assistir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin assistere, present active infinitive of assistō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

assistir

1. to attend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assistir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		assistir			?er assistit
past participle		assistit			—
gerund		assistissent			?ent assistit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	assistissi	assistisses	assistís	assistissèm	assistissètz	assistisson
	imperfect	assistissiái	assistissiás	assistissiá	assistissiam	assistissiatz	assistissián
	preterite	assistiguèri	assistiguères	assistiguèt	assistiguèrem	assistiguèretz	assistiguèron
	future	assistirai	assistiràs	assistirà	assistirem	assistiretz	assistiràn
	conditional	assistiriái	assistiriás	assistiriá	assistiriam	assistiriatz	assistirián
	conditional 2nd form1	assistiguèra	assistiguèras	assistiguèra	assistigueram	assistigueratz	assistiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	assistisca	assistiscas	assistisca	assistiscam	assistiscatz	assistiscan
	imperfect	assistiguèsse	assistiguèsses	assistiguèsse	assistiguèssem	assistiguèssetz	assistiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			assistís		assistiscam	assistissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assistere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.siʃˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.siʃˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.siʃˈti.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.siʃ.ˈti(χ)/
• Hyphenation: as‧sis‧tir

Verb

assistir (first-person singular present assisto, first-person singular preterite assisti, past participle assistido)

1. (transitive) to assist (to help, especially in a secondary role)

   Enfermeiras devem assistir o médico. ― Nurses must assist the doctor.

   Synonym: ajudar

2. (intransitive or transitive) to watch; to witness; to attend [with a or (proscribed) direct object ‘a broadcast, performance, event, etc.’]

   Assistimos o filme até o final. ― We watched the film until the end.

   Nem gosto mais de assistir TV. ― I don’t even like to watch TV anymore.

   Os alunos assistiram às aulas de português. ― The students attended the Portuguese classes.

   Synonym: ver

   1. or also to assist (to help, especially in a secondary role)

      Os padres assistiram ao (or o) enfermo. ― The priests assisted the sick.

3. (intransitive) with preposition en; to live; to reside

   Assistimos aqui em Guarulhos há tempo. ― We live here in Guarulhos for a long time.

4. (intransitive) with clause subject; It's up to.

   Assiste-lhes cumprir as tarefas. ― It's up to you to complete the tasks.

   Synonym: caber

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assistir (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	assistir
Personal	assistir	assistires	assistir	assistirmos	assistirdes	assistirem
Gerund
	assistindo
Past participle
Masculine	assistido			assistidos
Feminine	assistida			assistidas
Indicative
Present	assisto	assistes	assiste	assistimos	assistis	assistem
Imperfect	assistia	assistias	assistia	assistíamos	assistíeis	assistiam
Preterite	assisti	assististe	assistiu	assistimos	assististes	assistiram
Pluperfect	assistira	assistiras	assistira	assistíramos	assistíreis	assistiram
Future	assistirei	assistirás	assistirá	assistiremos	assistireis	assistirão
Conditional	assistiria	assistirias	assistiria	assistiríamos	assistiríeis	assistiriam
Subjunctive
Present	assista	assistas	assista	assistamos	assistais	assistam
Imperfect	assistisse	assistisses	assistisse	assistíssemos	assistísseis	assistissem
Future	assistir	assistires	assistir	assistirmos	assistirdes	assistirem
Imperative
Affirmative		assiste	assista	assistamos	assisti	assistam
Negative (não)		não assistas	não assista	não assistamos	não assistais	não assistam

Derived terms

• reassistir

Related terms

• assistência
• assistente

Further reading

• “assistir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024