interessar

From interès (“interest”) +‎ -ar. First attested in the 15th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tə.ɾəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.te.ɾeˈsaɾ]

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interessar (first-person singular present interesso, first-person singular preterite interessí, past participle interessat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic, Valencia) /e/

1. to interest (to attract attention or concern)

   Antonym: desinteressar

• interessant

• desinteressar

• “interessar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “interessar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “interessar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From interesse (“interest”) +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: in‧te‧res‧sar

interessar (first-person singular present interesso, first-person singular preterite interessei, past participle interessado)

1. (reflexive) to be interested in; to have an interest for

   Ele se interessa por música. ― He is interested in music.

2. to interest (to awake interest)

   Pode te interessar saber como calcular derivadas.

   It may interest you to know how to calculate derivatives.

3. to concern; to be of importance to; to be of someone's interest

   Este problema interessa a todos os brasileiros.

   This issue concerns every Brazilian.