assistir

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

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

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

1. to attend

• “assistir”, 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
• “assistir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “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.

assistir (first-person singular present assisto, first-person singular preterite assistim or assisti, past participle assistido, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of asistir

• “assistir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

From Latin assistere.

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assistir

1. to attend

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 82
• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin assistere, with change of conjugation.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.siʃ.ˈti(χ)/

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• Hyphenation: as‧sis‧tir

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.

   • 1792, Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, Marília de Dirceu‎^[3]:

     Tenho próprio casal e nele assisto

     I have my own village and in it I reside

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

• “assistir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “assistir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “assistir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “assistir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “assistir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “assistir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026