divertir

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /di.vəɾˈti/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /di.bərˈti/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /di.veɾˈtiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present diverteixo, past participle divertit)

  1. to amuse, entertain
    Synonyms: distreure, entretenir
  2. to distract

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading


French

Pronunciation

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Verb

divertir

  1. to amuse; to entertain
  2. to distract

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīvertere, from dīvertō (I divert).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌdivɨrˈtir/
  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): /ˌdivehˈti(h)/, /ˌdivihˈti(h)/
  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒiveɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /ˌd͡ʒiveɹˈt͡ʃi(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌd͡ʒiveɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /ˌd͡ʒiveɻˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present indicative divirto, past participle divertido)

  1. to distract (divert the attention of)
    Synonym: distrair
  2. to entertain, amuse
    Synonyms: alegrar, entreter
  3. to dissuade (convince not to try or do)
    Synonym: dissuadir

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Latin divertere (to turn away; to separate). Compare English divert.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diberˈtiɾ/, [d̪iβerˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present divierto, first-person singular preterite divertí, past participle divertido)

  1. (transitive) to entertain
  2. (reflexive) to amuse oneself, have fun

Conjugation

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

    Synonyms

    Further reading

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