difundir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffundere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.fũˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fũˈdiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.fũˈdi.ɾi/

Verb

difundir (first-person singular present difundo, first-person singular preterite difundi, past participle difundido)

1. to disseminate, spread
2. to diffuse

Conjugation

	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

    Conjugation of difundir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:difundir.

Related terms

• difuso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin 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)

1. 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

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

    Conjugation of difundir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		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

    Selected combined forms of difundir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Related terms

• difuso

 

Further reading

• “difundir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28