agir

Borrowed from French agir.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈʒi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒiɾ/
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

agir (first-person singular present ageixi, past participle agit)

1. (Roussillon) to act, behave
2. (reflexive, Roussillon) To be all about

• (Standard Catalan): obrar, actuar
• (reflexive, Standard Catalan): tractar-se

From Latin agō.

• IPA^(key): /a.ʒiʁ/

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agir

1. (intransitive) to act

   Il faut agir pour lutter contre la pauvreté.

   We must act in order to fight poverty.

2. (intransitive) to act, to do (something)

   Il n’agit pas comme il devrait.

   He’s not doing as he should.

3. (intransitive) to act, behave

   Vous agissez en enfants.

   You’re acting like children.

   Il agit comme un fou.

   He’s acting like a madman.

4. (intransitive, followed by sur) to act on
5. (law, followed by contre) prosecute, sue
6. (impersonal, reflexive, followed by de) to be, be all about, be a question of

   Dans le livre il s’agit d’une femme perdue.

   The book is about a lost woman.

   Il s’agit de vous en tirer honorablement.

   It’s all about you getting out of there honorably.

   Dans la vie; il s’agit de faire son devoir.

   Life is all about doing your duty.

   Il s’agissait de choisir entre les ducs.

   It was about choosing between the two dukes.

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.

• (s'agir de/s'en agir)This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular.

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• “agir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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agir

1. past infinitive of agar

From Proto-Iranian *ātr-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ātar-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”). Compare Persian آذر‎ (âzar), Avestan 𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬱‎ (ātarš, “fire”), Ossetian арт (art), Pashto [script needed] (or); compare also Old Armenian այրեմ (ayrem), Serbo-Croatian vatra, Irish áith (“kiln”), Welsh odyn, Umbrian [script needed] (atru), and Latin āter, which may be derived from the same ultimate root.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡɯɾ/

agir m

1. fire

From Latin agō.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʒiɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈʒi(χ)/, /aˈʒi(ɾ)/

agir (first-person singular present indicative ajo, past participle agido)

1. (intransitive) to do something; to act; to function; to perform

   Synonyms: andar, funcionar, trabalhar

2. (intransitive) to conduct oneself in a specific manner; to behave; to proceed

   Synonyms: atuar, comportar-se, obrar, proceder, trabalhar

   Antonym: omitir-se

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