superfluo
See also: supérfluo
Asturian
Adjective
superfluo
- neuter of superfluu
Galician
Etymology
From Latin superfluus.
Adjective
superfluo m (feminine singular superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)
- superfluous
Derived terms
- superfluamente
- superfluidade
Italian
Etymology
From Latin superfluus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
- Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo
Adjective
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)
- superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless
- Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più
Noun
superfluo m (plural superflui)
- superfluous thing, surplus
- Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario
Derived terms
- superfluamente
- superfluità
References
- superfluo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /suˈper.flu.oː/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrfɫ̪uoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /suˈper.flu.o/, [suˈpɛrfluo]
Etymology 1
From super- + fluō (“flow”).
Verb
superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- (intransitive) I run over, overflow
- (intransitive, figuratively) I am superabundant, superabound; I am superfluous.
- (transitive) I flow by or past.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of superfluō (third conjugation, no supine stem) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | superfluō | superfluis | superfluit | superfluimus | superfluitis | superfluunt |
| imperfect | superfluēbam | superfluēbās | superfluēbat | superfluēbāmus | superfluēbātis | superfluēbant | |
| future | superfluam | superfluēs | superfluet | superfluēmus | superfluētis | superfluent | |
| perfect | superflūxī | superflūxistī | superflūxit | superflūximus | superflūxistis | superflūxērunt, superflūxēre | |
| pluperfect | superflūxeram | superflūxerās | superflūxerat | superflūxerāmus | superflūxerātis | superflūxerant | |
| future perfect | superflūxerō | superflūxeris | superflūxerit | superflūxerimus | superflūxeritis | superflūxerint | |
| passive | present | superfluor | superflueris, superfluere | superfluitur | superfluimur | superfluiminī | superfluuntur |
| imperfect | superfluēbar | superfluēbāris, superfluēbāre | superfluēbātur | superfluēbāmur | superfluēbāminī | superfluēbantur | |
| future | superfluar | superfluēris, superfluēre | superfluētur | superfluēmur | superfluēminī | superfluentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | superfluam | superfluās | superfluat | superfluāmus | superfluātis | superfluant |
| imperfect | superfluerem | superfluerēs | superflueret | superfluerēmus | superfluerētis | superfluerent | |
| perfect | superflūxerim | superflūxerīs | superflūxerit | superflūxerīmus | superflūxerītis | superflūxerint | |
| pluperfect | superflūxissem | superflūxissēs | superflūxisset | superflūxissēmus | superflūxissētis | superflūxissent | |
| passive | present | superfluar | superfluāris, superfluāre | superfluātur | superfluāmur | superfluāminī | superfluantur |
| imperfect | superfluerer | superfluerēris, superfluerēre | superfluerētur | superfluerēmur | superfluerēminī | superfluerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | superflue | — | — | superfluite | — |
| future | — | superfluitō | superfluitō | — | superfluitōte | superfluuntō | |
| passive | present | — | superfluere | — | — | superfluiminī | — |
| future | — | superfluitor | superfluitor | — | — | superfluuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | superfluere | superflūxisse | — | superfluī | — | — | |
| participles | superfluēns | — | — | — | — | superfluendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| superfluendī | superfluendō | superfluendum | superfluendō | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- superfluus
- superfluxus
Related terms
- affluō
- circumfluō
- cōnfluō
- dēfluō
- diffluō
- effluō
- fluō
- īnfluō
- interfluō
- perfluō
- praefluō
- praeterfluō
- prōfluō
- refluō
- subterfluō
- superfluē
- trānsfluō
Etymology 2
From superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“I am superfluous”), from super- + fluō (“flow”).
Adverb
superfluō (not comparable)
- superfluously
Synonyms
- (superfluously): superfluē
Etymology 3
Inflected form of superfluus (“superfluous”).
Adjective
superfluō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of superfluus
References
- “superfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- superfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin superfluus.
Adjective
superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)
- superfluous
- extraneous
Derived terms
- superfluamente
- superfluidad
Further reading
- “superfluo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014