asistir

From Latin assistere.

asistir (first-person singular indicative present asisto, past participle asistíu)

1. to happen
2. to attend
3. to help, assist, help out

• “asistir”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “asistir”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

From Latin assistere.

• IPA^(key): [as̺is̺ˈtiɾ]

asistir (first-person singular present asisto, first-person singular preterite asistín, past participle asistido)

1. to attend (an event)
2. to assist

• asistencia
• asistente

• “asistir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Latin assistere.

• IPA^(key): /asisˈtiɾ/ [a.sisˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: a‧sis‧tir

asistir (first-person singular present asisto, first-person singular preterite asistí, past participle asistido)

1. to attend (an event)
2. to assist

   Synonym: ayudar

• asistir is a false friend, and means "to attend" more than it does "assist".

• “asistir”, 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