difundir
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diffundere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /di.fũˈdiɾ/
Verb
difundir (first-person singular present difundo, first-person singular preterite difundi, past participle difundido)
- to disseminate, spread
- to diffuse
Conjugation
Conjugation of difundir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | difundir | |||||
| Personal | difundir | difundires | difundir | difundirmos | difundirdes | difundirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| difundindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | difundido | difundidos | ||||
| Feminine | difundida | difundidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | difundo | difundes | difunde | difundimos | difundis | difundem |
| Imperfect | difundia | difundias | difundia | difundíamos | difundíeis | difundiam |
| Preterite | difundi | difundiste | difundiu | difundimos | difundistes | difundiram |
| Pluperfect | difundira | difundiras | difundira | difundíramos | difundíreis | difundiram |
| Future | difundirei | difundirás | difundirá | difundiremos | difundireis | difundirão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| difundiria | difundirias | difundiria | difundiríamos | difundiríeis | difundiriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | difunda | difundas | difunda | difundamos | difundais | difundam |
| Imperfect | difundisse | difundisses | difundisse | difundíssemos | difundísseis | difundissem |
| Future | difundir | difundires | difundir | difundirmos | difundirdes | difundirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | difunde | difunda | difundamos | difundi | difundam | |
| Negative (não) | não difundas | não difunda | não difundamos | não difundais | não difundam | |
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:difundir.
Related terms
- difuso
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin diffundō, diffundere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /difunˈdiɾ/ [d̪i.fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: di‧fun‧dir
Verb
difundir (first-person singular present difundo, first-person singular preterite difundí, past participle difundido)
- to spread, to disseminate (ideas, etc.)
- Synonym: diseminar
- Estás difundiendo noticias falsas.
- You're spreading false news.
- Las noticias se difunden rápido.
- The news spread fast.
Conjugation
Conjugation of difundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | difundir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | difundiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | difundido | difundida | |||||
| plural | difundidos | difundidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | difundo | difundestú difundísvos | difunde | difundimos | difundís | difunden | |
| imperfect | difundía | difundías | difundía | difundíamos | difundíais | difundían | |
| preterite | difundí | difundiste | difundió | difundimos | difundisteis | difundieron | |
| future | difundiré | difundirás | difundirá | difundiremos | difundiréis | difundirán | |
| conditional | difundiría | difundirías | difundiría | difundiríamos | difundiríais | difundirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | difunda | difundastú difundásvos2 | difunda | difundamos | difundáis | difundan | |
| imperfect (ra) | difundiera | difundieras | difundiera | difundiéramos | difundierais | difundieran | |
| imperfect (se) | difundiese | difundieses | difundiese | difundiésemos | difundieseis | difundiesen | |
| future1 | difundiere | difundieres | difundiere | difundiéremos | difundiereis | difundieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | difundetú difundívos | difunda | difundamos | difundid | difundan | ||
| negative | no difundas | no difunda | no difundamos | no difundáis | no difundan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of difundir
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive difundir | |||||||
| dative | difundirme | difundirte | difundirle, difundirse | difundirnos | difundiros | difundirles, difundirse | |
| accusative | difundirme | difundirte | difundirlo, difundirla, difundirse | difundirnos | difundiros | difundirlos, difundirlas, difundirse | |
| with gerund difundiendo | |||||||
| dative | difundiéndome | difundiéndote | difundiéndole, difundiéndose | difundiéndonos | difundiéndoos | difundiéndoles, difundiéndose | |
| accusative | difundiéndome | difundiéndote | difundiéndolo, difundiéndola, difundiéndose | difundiéndonos | difundiéndoos | difundiéndolos, difundiéndolas, difundiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative difunde | |||||||
| dative | difúndeme | difúndete | difúndele | difúndenos | not used | difúndeles | |
| accusative | difúndeme | difúndete | difúndelo, difúndela | difúndenos | not used | difúndelos, difúndelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative difundí | |||||||
| dative | difundime | difundite | difundile | difundinos | not used | difundiles | |
| accusative | difundime | difundite | difundilo, difundila | difundinos | not used | difundilos, difundilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative difunda | |||||||
| dative | difúndame | not used | difúndale, difúndase | difúndanos | not used | difúndales | |
| accusative | difúndame | not used | difúndalo, difúndala, difúndase | difúndanos | not used | difúndalos, difúndalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative difundamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | difundámoste | difundámosle | difundámonos | difundámoos | difundámosles | |
| accusative | not used | difundámoste | difundámoslo, difundámosla | difundámonos | difundámoos | difundámoslos, difundámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative difundid | |||||||
| dative | difundidme | not used | difundidle | difundidnos | difundíos | difundidles | |
| accusative | difundidme | not used | difundidlo, difundidla | difundidnos | difundíos | difundidlos, difundidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative difundan | |||||||
| dative | difúndanme | not used | difúndanle | difúndannos | not used | difúndanles, difúndanse | |
| accusative | difúndanme | not used | difúndanlo, difúndanla | difúndannos | not used | difúndanlos, difúndanlas, difúndanse | |
Related terms
- difuso
Further reading
- “difundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014