digerir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīgerere, present active infinitive of dīgerō (I separate, I distribute).

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /di.ʒəˈɾi/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /di.d͡ʒeˈɾiɾ/

Verb

digerir (first-person singular present digereixo, past participle digerit)

  1. to arrange, to bring in order
  2. to digest
    Synonym: pair
  3. to handle, to cope with

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīgerere (to separate; to distribute).

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒe.ˈɾi(ɾ)/, -(ɹ)
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒe.ˈɾi(ɾ)/, -(ɻ)
  • (Brazil) Homophone: digeri

Verb

digerir (past participle digerido)

  1. to digest (to break down and absorb food in the alimentary canal)
    Vacas conseguem digerir grama.
    Cows can digest grass.
  2. (figuratively) to digest (to think over and arrange methodically in the mind)
    Não conseguia digerir a information.
    He couldn’t digest the information.
  3. (figuratively) to deal with; to come to terms with; to cope
    Ele ainda não digeriu a morte da mãe.
    He still hasn’t come to terms with his mother’s death.
  4. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of digerir
  5. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of digerir
  6. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of digerir
  7. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of digerir

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • digestir (obsolete or dialectal)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīgero (separate, distribute).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dixeˈɾiɾ/, [d̪ixeˈɾiɾ]

Verb

digerir (first-person singular present digiero, first-person singular preterite digerí, past participle digerido)

  1. to digest

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes a ie in stressed syllables and i in certain conjugations.

    Further reading

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