infundir
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnfundere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.fũˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [ĩ.fũˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.fũˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.fũˈdiɾ/
- Hyphenation: in‧fun‧dir
Verb
infundir (first-person singular present infundo, first-person singular preterite infundi, past participle infundido)
- to infuse
- to inspire, to instill
- Synonyms: inspirar, incutir
Conjugation
Conjugation of infundir (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 | infundir | |||||
| Personal | infundir | infundires | infundir | infundirmos | infundirdes | infundirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| infundindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | infundido | infundidos | ||||
| Feminine | infundida | infundidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | infundo | infundes | infunde | infundimos | infundis | infundem |
| Imperfect | infundia | infundias | infundia | infundíamos | infundíeis | infundiam |
| Preterite | infundi | infundiste | infundiu | infundimos | infundistes | infundiram |
| Pluperfect | infundira | infundiras | infundira | infundíramos | infundíreis | infundiram |
| Future | infundirei | infundirás | infundirá | infundiremos | infundireis | infundirão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| infundiria | infundirias | infundiria | infundiríamos | infundiríeis | infundiriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | infunda | infundas | infunda | infundamos | infundais | infundam |
| Imperfect | infundisse | infundisses | infundisse | infundíssemos | infundísseis | infundissem |
| Future | infundir | infundires | infundir | infundirmos | infundirdes | infundirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | infunde | infunda | infundamos | infundi | infundam | |
| Negative (não) | não infundas | não infunda | não infundamos | não infundais | não infundam | |
Related terms
- infusão
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfundere, present active infinitive of īnfundō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /infunˈdiɾ/ [ĩɱ.fũn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: in‧fun‧dir
Verb
infundir (first-person singular present infundo, first-person singular preterite infundí, past participle infundido)
- (ditransitive) to instill (especially a feeling)
- Le infundió miedo. ― It terrified her.
- Le infundió ánimos. ― It perked her up.
- Le infundió sospechas. ― It made her suspicious.
- Le infundió valores. ― It instilled values in her.
- Le infundió confianza. ― It made her trusting.
- 2017 August 1, “Flota pesquera china infunde temor en Ecuador”, in El Universo:
- Flota pesquera china infunde temor en Ecuador
- A fleet of Chinese fishing boats invokes fear in Ecuador
Conjugation
Conjugation of infundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | infundir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | infundiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | infundido | infundida | |||||
| plural | infundidos | infundidas | |||||
| 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 | infundo | infundestú infundísvos | infunde | infundimos | infundís | infunden | |
| imperfect | infundía | infundías | infundía | infundíamos | infundíais | infundían | |
| preterite | infundí | infundiste | infundió | infundimos | infundisteis | infundieron | |
| future | infundiré | infundirás | infundirá | infundiremos | infundiréis | infundirán | |
| conditional | infundiría | infundirías | infundiría | infundiríamos | infundiríais | infundirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | infunda | infundastú infundásvos2 | infunda | infundamos | infundáis | infundan | |
| imperfect (ra) | infundiera | infundieras | infundiera | infundiéramos | infundierais | infundieran | |
| imperfect (se) | infundiese | infundieses | infundiese | infundiésemos | infundieseis | infundiesen | |
| future1 | infundiere | infundieres | infundiere | infundiéremos | infundiereis | infundieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | infundetú infundívos | infunda | infundamos | infundid | infundan | ||
| negative | no infundas | no infunda | no infundamos | no infundáis | no infundan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of infundir
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 infundir | |||||||
| dative | infundirme | infundirte | infundirle, infundirse | infundirnos | infundiros | infundirles, infundirse | |
| accusative | infundirme | infundirte | infundirlo, infundirla, infundirse | infundirnos | infundiros | infundirlos, infundirlas, infundirse | |
| with gerund infundiendo | |||||||
| dative | infundiéndome | infundiéndote | infundiéndole, infundiéndose | infundiéndonos | infundiéndoos | infundiéndoles, infundiéndose | |
| accusative | infundiéndome | infundiéndote | infundiéndolo, infundiéndola, infundiéndose | infundiéndonos | infundiéndoos | infundiéndolos, infundiéndolas, infundiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative infunde | |||||||
| dative | infúndeme | infúndete | infúndele | infúndenos | not used | infúndeles | |
| accusative | infúndeme | infúndete | infúndelo, infúndela | infúndenos | not used | infúndelos, infúndelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative infundí | |||||||
| dative | infundime | infundite | infundile | infundinos | not used | infundiles | |
| accusative | infundime | infundite | infundilo, infundila | infundinos | not used | infundilos, infundilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative infunda | |||||||
| dative | infúndame | not used | infúndale, infúndase | infúndanos | not used | infúndales | |
| accusative | infúndame | not used | infúndalo, infúndala, infúndase | infúndanos | not used | infúndalos, infúndalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative infundamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | infundámoste | infundámosle | infundámonos | infundámoos | infundámosles | |
| accusative | not used | infundámoste | infundámoslo, infundámosla | infundámonos | infundámoos | infundámoslos, infundámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative infundid | |||||||
| dative | infundidme | not used | infundidle | infundidnos | infundíos | infundidles | |
| accusative | infundidme | not used | infundidlo, infundidla | infundidnos | infundíos | infundidlos, infundidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative infundan | |||||||
| dative | infúndanme | not used | infúndanle | infúndannos | not used | infúndanles, infúndanse | |
| accusative | infúndanme | not used | infúndanlo, infúndanla | infúndannos | not used | infúndanlos, infúndanlas, infúndanse | |
Related terms
- infusión
Further reading
- “infundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014