excitar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
- excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- exhilarate verb To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
- heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
- thrill verb To give someone a sudden rush of excitement or pleasure.
Senses
excitar is used for these senses in English:
- arouse (transitive) To sexually stimulate.
- excite (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
- exhilarate (transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy, to elate.
- heat (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- stir up (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).
- thrill (ergative) To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation.
arouse — full definition
- verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
- verb To sexually excite someone.
- verb To wake someone from sleep.
excite — full definition
- verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.