dilucidar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin dilūcidāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /diluθiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.lu.θiˈð̞aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /dilusiˈdaɾ/ [d̪i.lu.siˈð̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: di‧lu‧ci‧dar
Verb
[edit]dilucidar (first-person singular present dilucido, first-person singular preterite dilucidé, past participle dilucidado)
- (transitive) to elucidate, clarify
- Synonym: elucidar
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 20:
- El pueblo no relaciona en forma precisa a los Brujos con el Diablo. Cuando se le interroga sobre esto, manifiesta al principio perplejidad y luego indiferencia; con lo que demuestra que ni ha pensado de ese asunto, ni le importa dilucidarlo.
- The people do not relate Witches to the Devil in a precise way. When questioned about this, they exhibit at first confusion and then indifference, with which they demonstrate that they have neither thought about this matter, nor do they care to elucidate it
- (transitive) to clear up
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of dilucidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of dilucidar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “dilucidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10