diluir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diluere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.luˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.luˈiɾ]

Verb

diluir (first-person singular present dilueixo, first-person singular preterite diluí, past participle diluït)

1. to dilute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diluir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			diluir
gerund			diluint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diluït		diluïda
		plural		diluïts		diluïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dilueixo	dilueixes	dilueix	diluïm	diluïu	dilueixen
	imperfect	diluïa	diluïes	diluïa	diluíem	diluíeu	diluïen
	future	diluiré	diluiràs	diluirà	diluirem	diluireu	diluiran
	preterite	diluí	diluïres	diluí	diluírem	diluíreu	diluïren
	conditional	diluiria	diluiries	diluiria	diluiríem	diluiríeu	diluirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dilueixi	dilueixis	dilueixi	diluïm	diluïu	dilueixin
	imperfect	diluís	diluïssis	diluís	diluíssim	diluíssiu	diluïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	dilueix	dilueixi	diluïm	diluïu	dilueixin
	negative (no)	—	no dilueixis	no dilueixi	no diluïm	no diluïu	no dilueixin

Related terms

• dilució
• diluent

Further reading

• “diluir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diluere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈlujʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈluɪ̯h]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈlujʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈluɪ̯h]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈlujɾ/ [d͡ʒiˈluɪ̯ɾ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈlujʁ/ [d͡ʒiˈluɪ̯χ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈlujɻ/ [d͡ʒiˈluɪ̯ɻ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈlujɾ/

• Hyphenation: di‧lu‧ir

Verb

diluir (first-person singular present diluo, first-person singular preterite diluí, past participle diluído)

1. to dilute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diluir (irregular) (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	diluir
Personal	diluir	diluíres	diluir	diluirmos	diluirdes	diluírem
Gerund
	diluindo
Past participle
Masculine	diluído			diluídos
Feminine	diluída			diluídas
Indicative
Present	diluo	diluis	dilui	diluímos	diluís	diluem
Imperfect	diluía	diluías	diluía	diluíamos	diluíeis	diluíam
Preterite	diluí	diluíste	diluiu	diluímos	diluístes	diluíram
Pluperfect	diluíra	diluíras	diluíra	diluíramos	diluíreis	diluíram
Future	diluirei	diluirás	diluirá	diluiremos	diluireis	diluirão
Conditional	diluiria	diluirias	diluiria	diluiríamos	diluiríeis	diluiriam
Subjunctive
Present	dilua	diluas	dilua	diluamos	diluais	diluam
Imperfect	diluísse	diluísses	diluísse	diluíssemos	diluísseis	diluíssem
Future	diluir	diluíres	diluir	diluirmos	diluirdes	diluírem
Imperative
Affirmative		dilui	dilua	diluamos	diluí	diluam
Negative (não)		não diluas	não dilua	não diluamos	não diluais	não diluam

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin diluere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈlwiɾ/ [d̪iˈlwiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: di‧luir

Verb

diluir (first-person singular present diluyo, first-person singular preterite diluí, past participle diluido)

1. to dilute

   Synonyms: desleír, disolver

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diluir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			diluir
gerund			diluyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diluido		diluida
		plural		diluidos		diluidas
		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	diluyo	diluyestú diluísvos	diluye	diluimos	diluís	diluyen
	imperfect	diluía	diluías	diluía	diluíamos	diluíais	diluían
	preterite	diluí	diluiste	diluyó	diluimos	diluisteis	diluyeron
	future	diluiré	diluirás	diluirá	diluiremos	diluiréis	diluirán
	conditional	diluiría	diluirías	diluiría	diluiríamos	diluiríais	diluirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	diluya	diluyastú diluyásvos2	diluya	diluyamos	diluyáis	diluyan
	imperfect (ra)	diluyera	diluyeras	diluyera	diluyéramos	diluyerais	diluyeran
	imperfect (se)	diluyese	diluyeses	diluyese	diluyésemos	diluyeseis	diluyesen
	future1	diluyere	diluyeres	diluyere	diluyéremos	diluyereis	diluyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		diluyetú diluívos	diluya	diluyamos	diluid	diluyan
	negative		no diluyas	no diluya	no diluyamos	no diluyáis	no diluyan

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

    Selected combined forms of diluir

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 diluir
	dative	diluirme	diluirte	diluirle, diluirse	diluirnos	diluiros	diluirles, diluirse
	accusative	diluirme	diluirte	diluirlo, diluirla, diluirse	diluirnos	diluiros	diluirlos, diluirlas, diluirse
with gerund diluyendo
	dative	diluyéndome	diluyéndote	diluyéndole, diluyéndose	diluyéndonos	diluyéndoos	diluyéndoles, diluyéndose
	accusative	diluyéndome	diluyéndote	diluyéndolo, diluyéndola, diluyéndose	diluyéndonos	diluyéndoos	diluyéndolos, diluyéndolas, diluyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative diluye
	dative	dilúyeme	dilúyete	dilúyele	dilúyenos	not used	dilúyeles
	accusative	dilúyeme	dilúyete	dilúyelo, dilúyela	dilúyenos	not used	dilúyelos, dilúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative diluí
	dative	diluime	diluite	diluile	diluinos	not used	diluiles
	accusative	diluime	diluite	diluilo, diluila	diluinos	not used	diluilos, diluilas
with formal second-person singular imperative diluya
	dative	dilúyame	not used	dilúyale, dilúyase	dilúyanos	not used	dilúyales
	accusative	dilúyame	not used	dilúyalo, dilúyala, dilúyase	dilúyanos	not used	dilúyalos, dilúyalas
with first-person plural imperative diluyamos
	dative	not used	diluyámoste	diluyámosle	diluyámonos	diluyámoos	diluyámosles
	accusative	not used	diluyámoste	diluyámoslo, diluyámosla	diluyámonos	diluyámoos	diluyámoslos, diluyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative diluid
	dative	diluidme	not used	diluidle	diluidnos	diluíos	diluidles
	accusative	diluidme	not used	diluidlo, diluidla	diluidnos	diluíos	diluidlos, diluidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative diluyan
	dative	dilúyanme	not used	dilúyanle	dilúyannos	not used	dilúyanles, dilúyanse
	accusative	dilúyanme	not used	dilúyanlo, dilúyanla	dilúyannos	not used	dilúyanlos, dilúyanlas, dilúyanse

Derived terms

• acciones diluidas

 

Related terms

• dilución
• diluyente

 

Further reading

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