requisar

Catalan

Etymology

From requisa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.kiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.kiˈzaɾ]

Verb

requisar (first-person singular present requiso, first-person singular preterite requisí, past participle requisat)

1. (transitive) to requisition, to commandeer

   Synonym: apoderar-se

2. (transitive, figurative) to steal

   Synonym: robar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of requisar (first conjugation)

infinitive			requisar
gerund			requisant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		requisat		requisada
		plural		requisats		requisades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	requiso	requises	requisa	requisem	requiseu	requisen
	imperfect	requisava	requisaves	requisava	requisàvem	requisàveu	requisaven
	future	requisaré	requisaràs	requisarà	requisarem	requisareu	requisaran
	preterite	requisí	requisares	requisà	requisàrem	requisàreu	requisaren
	conditional	requisaria	requisaries	requisaria	requisaríem	requisaríeu	requisarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	requisi	requisis	requisi	requisem	requiseu	requisin
	imperfect	requisés	requisessis	requisés	requiséssim	requiséssiu	requisessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	requisa	requisi	requisem	requiseu	requisin
	negative (no)	—	no requisis	no requisi	no requisem	no requiseu	no requisin

Related terms

• requisició

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From requisa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rekiˈsaɾ/ [re.kiˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧qui‧sar

Verb

requisar (first-person singular present requiso, first-person singular preterite requisé, past participle requisado)

1. (transitive) to requisition, commandeer, seize

   Synonyms: confiscar, incautar, incautarse de, decomisar, embargar

   • 1904, Benito Pérez Galdós, La Revolución de Julio:

     Los Generales […] se fueron al Real Sitio de Aranjuez, y de allí enfilaron las planicies manchegas, adelante siempre, reclutando mozos, requisando caballerías, y requiriendo […] cuantos fondos guardaban las administraciones subalternas de los pueblos...

     The Generales […] went to the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, from whence they set out for the plains of La Mancha, always at the front, recruiting young men, seizing cavalry, and […] calling for as much funding from the towns' subordinate administration...

2. (transitive) to search

Conjugation

    Conjugation of requisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			requisar
gerund			requisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		requisado		requisada
		plural		requisados		requisadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	requiso	requisastú requisásvos	requisa	requisamos	requisáis	requisan
	imperfect	requisaba	requisabas	requisaba	requisábamos	requisabais	requisaban
	preterite	requisé	requisaste	requisó	requisamos	requisasteis	requisaron
	future	requisaré	requisarás	requisará	requisaremos	requisaréis	requisarán
	conditional	requisaría	requisarías	requisaría	requisaríamos	requisaríais	requisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	requise	requisestú requisésvos2	requise	requisemos	requiséis	requisen
	imperfect (ra)	requisara	requisaras	requisara	requisáramos	requisarais	requisaran
	imperfect (se)	requisase	requisases	requisase	requisásemos	requisaseis	requisasen
	future1	requisare	requisares	requisare	requisáremos	requisareis	requisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		requisatú requisávos	requise	requisemos	requisad	requisen
	negative		no requises	no requise	no requisemos	no requiséis	no requisen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of requisar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive requisar	dative	requisarme	requisarte	requisarle, requisarse	requisarnos	requisaros	requisarles, requisarse
	accusative	requisarme	requisarte	requisarlo, requisarla, requisarse	requisarnos	requisaros	requisarlos, requisarlas, requisarse
with gerund requisando	dative	requisándome	requisándote	requisándole, requisándose	requisándonos	requisándoos	requisándoles, requisándose
	accusative	requisándome	requisándote	requisándolo, requisándola, requisándose	requisándonos	requisándoos	requisándolos, requisándolas, requisándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative requisa	dative	requísame	requísate	requísale	requísanos	not used	requísales
	accusative	requísame	requísate	requísalo, requísala	requísanos	not used	requísalos, requísalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative requisá	dative	requisame	requisate	requisale	requisanos	not used	requisales
	accusative	requisame	requisate	requisalo, requisala	requisanos	not used	requisalos, requisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative requise	dative	requíseme	not used	requísele, requísese	requísenos	not used	requíseles
	accusative	requíseme	not used	requíselo, requísela, requísese	requísenos	not used	requíselos, requíselas
with first-person plural imperative requisemos	dative	not used	requisémoste	requisémosle	requisémonos	requisémoos	requisémosles
	accusative	not used	requisémoste	requisémoslo, requisémosla	requisémonos	requisémoos	requisémoslos, requisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative requisad	dative	requisadme	not used	requisadle	requisadnos	requisaos	requisadles
	accusative	requisadme	not used	requisadlo, requisadla	requisadnos	requisaos	requisadlos, requisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative requisen	dative	requísenme	not used	requísenle	requísennos	not used	requísenles, requísense
	accusative	requísenme	not used	requísenlo, requísenla	requísennos	not used	requísenlos, requísenlas, requísense

Related terms

• requisición

Further reading

• “requisar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “requisar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010