interesar

• interessar (reintegrationist)

From interese (“interest”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /inteɾeˈsaɾ/ [in̪.t̪e.ɾeˈs̺aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧re‧sar

interesar (first-person singular present intereso, first-person singular preterite interesei, past participle interesado)

1. to interest (to awake interest)
2. (reflexive) to be interested in; to have an interest for
3. to concern; to be of importance to; to be of someone's interest

• “interesar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “interesar” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

From interés +‎ -ar (see Latin intersum).

• IPA^(key): /inteɾeˈsaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪e.ɾeˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧te‧re‧sar

interesar (first-person singular present intereso, first-person singular preterite interesé, past participle interesado)

1. (intransitive) to interest

   Carolina viaja a Mallorca cada año. Las Islas Baleares le interesan mucho. ― Carolina travels to Mallorca every year. The Balearic Islands interest her a lot.

   Eso no me interesa para nada. ― I am not interested in that at all.

2. (transitive) to get (someone) interested

   A Claudia y a mí nos encanta coleccionar campanitas. Yo la interesé en eso el año pasado. ― Claudia and I love collecting little bells. I got her interested in that last year.

• “interesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024