agir
Spanish, verb/aˈxiɾ/
agir is spelled A-G-I-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 157,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agir is a Spanish verb meaning “to do something; to act” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actuar (estar activo o tener actividad)”.
What does agir mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto do something; to act
- 2
obsoleteto sue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Actuar (estar activo o tener actividad). 2. Hacer (un quehacer). 3. Demandar (demandar en juicio).
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of agir
- ajo first-person present singular
- agí first-person preterite singular
- agido participle past
- g-j alternation
- agiendo gerund
- agida feminine participle past
- agidos masculine participle past
- agidas feminine participle past
- ages indicative informal present
- agís indicative informal present
- age indicative present singular
- agimos first-person indicative plural
- agen indicative plural present
- agía first-person imperfect indicative
- agías imperfect indicative second-person
- agíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- agíais imperfect indicative plural
- agían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agir?
- /aˈxiɾ/
- [aˈxiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agir in Spanish?
agir appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).