persuadir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.su.əˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.su.aˈðiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

persuadir (first-person singular present persuadeixo, first-person singular preterite persuadí, past participle persuadit)

1. (transitive) to persuade

   Synonyms: conquistar, convèncer

   Antonym: dissuadir

Conjugation

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

infinitive			persuadir
gerund			persuadint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		persuadit		persuadida
		plural		persuadits		persuadides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	persuadeixo	persuadeixes	persuadeix	persuadim	persuadiu	persuadeixen
	imperfect	persuadia	persuadies	persuadia	persuadíem	persuadíeu	persuadien
	future	persuadiré	persuadiràs	persuadirà	persuadirem	persuadireu	persuadiran
	preterite	persuadí	persuadires	persuadí	persuadírem	persuadíreu	persuadiren
	conditional	persuadiria	persuadiries	persuadiria	persuadiríem	persuadiríeu	persuadirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	persuadeixi	persuadeixis	persuadeixi	persuadim	persuadiu	persuadeixin
	imperfect	persuadís	persuadissis	persuadís	persuadíssim	persuadíssiu	persuadissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	persuadeix	persuadeixi	persuadim	persuadiu	persuadeixin
	negative (no)	—	no persuadeixis	no persuadeixi	no persuadim	no persuadiu	no persuadeixin

Related terms

• persuasible
• persuasió
• persuasiu

Further reading

• “persuadir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “persuadir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “persuadir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /persuaˈdir/

Verb

persuadir

1. past infinitive of persuadar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin persuādēre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peh.sʊ.aˈd͡ʒi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /peʁ.swaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peh.swaˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peh.sʊ.aˈd͡ʒi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /peʁ.swaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peh.swaˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/ [peɾ.sʊ.aˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /peɾ.swaˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peχ.sʊ.aˈd͡ʒi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /peʁ.swaˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [peχ.swaˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.su.aˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/ [peɻ.sʊ.aˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /peɻ.swaˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.swaˈdiɾ/ [pɨɾ.swaˈðiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.swaˈdiɾ/ [pɨɾ.swaˈðiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.swaˈdi.ɾi/ [pɨɾ.swaˈði.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: per‧su‧a‧dir

Verb

persuadir (first-person singular present persuado, first-person singular preterite persuadi, past participle persuadido)

1. (transitive) to persuade (convince through reasoning)

   Antonym: dissuadir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of persuadir (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	persuadir
Personal	persuadir	persuadires	persuadir	persuadirmos	persuadirdes	persuadirem
Gerund
	persuadindo
Past participle
Masculine	persuadido			persuadidos
Feminine	persuadida			persuadidas
Indicative
Present	persuado	persuades	persuade	persuadimos	persuadis	persuadem
Imperfect	persuadia	persuadias	persuadia	persuadíamos	persuadíeis	persuadiam
Preterite	persuadi	persuadiste	persuadiu	persuadimos	persuadistes	persuadiram
Pluperfect	persuadira	persuadiras	persuadira	persuadíramos	persuadíreis	persuadiram
Future	persuadirei	persuadirás	persuadirá	persuadiremos	persuadireis	persuadirão
Conditional	persuadiria	persuadirias	persuadiria	persuadiríamos	persuadiríeis	persuadiriam
Subjunctive
Present	persuada	persuadas	persuada	persuadamos	persuadais	persuadam
Imperfect	persuadisse	persuadisses	persuadisse	persuadíssemos	persuadísseis	persuadissem
Future	persuadir	persuadires	persuadir	persuadirmos	persuadirdes	persuadirem
Imperative
Affirmative		persuade	persuada	persuadamos	persuadi	persuadam
Negative (não)		não persuadas	não persuada	não persuadamos	não persuadais	não persuadam

Derived terms

• despersuadir
• persuadível

Related terms

• persuasível
• persuasivo
• persuasão

Further reading

• “persuadir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin persuādēre (“to persuade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾswaˈdiɾ/ [peɾ.swaˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: per‧sua‧dir

Verb

persuadir (first-person singular present persuado, first-person singular preterite persuadí, past participle persuadido)

1. (transitive) to persuade

   Antonym: disuadir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of persuadir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			persuadir
gerund			persuadiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		persuadido		persuadida
		plural		persuadidos		persuadidas
		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	persuado	persuadestú persuadísvos	persuade	persuadimos	persuadís	persuaden
	imperfect	persuadía	persuadías	persuadía	persuadíamos	persuadíais	persuadían
	preterite	persuadí	persuadiste	persuadió	persuadimos	persuadisteis	persuadieron
	future	persuadiré	persuadirás	persuadirá	persuadiremos	persuadiréis	persuadirán
	conditional	persuadiría	persuadirías	persuadiría	persuadiríamos	persuadiríais	persuadirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	persuada	persuadastú persuadásvos2	persuada	persuadamos	persuadáis	persuadan
	imperfect (ra)	persuadiera	persuadieras	persuadiera	persuadiéramos	persuadierais	persuadieran
	imperfect (se)	persuadiese	persuadieses	persuadiese	persuadiésemos	persuadieseis	persuadiesen
	future1	persuadiere	persuadieres	persuadiere	persuadiéremos	persuadiereis	persuadieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		persuadetú persuadívos	persuada	persuadamos	persuadid	persuadan
	negative		no persuadas	no persuada	no persuadamos	no persuadáis	no persuadan

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

    Selected combined forms of persuadir

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 persuadir
	dative	persuadirme	persuadirte	persuadirle, persuadirse	persuadirnos	persuadiros	persuadirles, persuadirse
	accusative	persuadirme	persuadirte	persuadirlo, persuadirla, persuadirse	persuadirnos	persuadiros	persuadirlos, persuadirlas, persuadirse
with gerund persuadiendo
	dative	persuadiéndome	persuadiéndote	persuadiéndole, persuadiéndose	persuadiéndonos	persuadiéndoos	persuadiéndoles, persuadiéndose
	accusative	persuadiéndome	persuadiéndote	persuadiéndolo, persuadiéndola, persuadiéndose	persuadiéndonos	persuadiéndoos	persuadiéndolos, persuadiéndolas, persuadiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative persuade
	dative	persuádeme	persuádete	persuádele	persuádenos	not used	persuádeles
	accusative	persuádeme	persuádete	persuádelo, persuádela	persuádenos	not used	persuádelos, persuádelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative persuadí
	dative	persuadime	persuadite	persuadile	persuadinos	not used	persuadiles
	accusative	persuadime	persuadite	persuadilo, persuadila	persuadinos	not used	persuadilos, persuadilas
with formal second-person singular imperative persuada
	dative	persuádame	not used	persuádale, persuádase	persuádanos	not used	persuádales
	accusative	persuádame	not used	persuádalo, persuádala, persuádase	persuádanos	not used	persuádalos, persuádalas
with first-person plural imperative persuadamos
	dative	not used	persuadámoste	persuadámosle	persuadámonos	persuadámoos	persuadámosles
	accusative	not used	persuadámoste	persuadámoslo, persuadámosla	persuadámonos	persuadámoos	persuadámoslos, persuadámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative persuadid
	dative	persuadidme	not used	persuadidle	persuadidnos	persuadíos	persuadidles
	accusative	persuadidme	not used	persuadidlo, persuadidla	persuadidnos	persuadíos	persuadidlos, persuadidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative persuadan
	dative	persuádanme	not used	persuádanle	persuádannos	not used	persuádanles, persuádanse
	accusative	persuádanme	not used	persuádanlo, persuádanla	persuádannos	not used	persuádanlos, persuádanlas, persuádanse

Related terms

• persuadidor
• persuasión
• persuasivo
• persuasor

 

Further reading

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