disminuir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīminuere (“to break into small pieces; to diminish”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir and change of prefix based on the more common Latin dis-.

Pronunciation

Verb

disminuir (first-person singular present disminueixo, first-person singular preterite disminuí, past participle disminuït)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to decrease, to diminish
    Synonyms: minvar, decréixer
    Antonyms: augmentar, acréixer

Conjugation
    Conjugation of disminuir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
infinitive disminuir
gerund disminuint
past participle masculine feminine
singular disminuït disminuïda
plural disminuïts disminuïdes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present disminueixo disminueixes disminueix disminuïm disminuïu disminueixen
imperfect disminuïa disminuïes disminuïa disminuíem disminuíeu disminuïen
future disminuiré disminuiràs disminuirà disminuirem disminuireu disminuiran
preterite disminuí disminuïres disminuí disminuírem disminuíreu disminuïren
conditional disminuiria disminuiries disminuiria disminuiríem disminuiríeu disminuirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present disminueixi disminueixis disminueixi disminuïm disminuïu disminueixin
imperfect disminuís disminuïssis disminuís disminuíssim disminuíssiu disminuïssin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — disminueix disminueixi disminuïm disminuïu disminueixin
negative (no) — no disminueixis no disminueixi no disminuïm no disminuïu no disminueixin

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin diminuere (“to break into small pieces; to diminish”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dismiˈnwiɾ/ [d̪iz.miˈnwiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: dis‧mi‧nuir

Verb

disminuir (first-person singular present disminuyo, first-person singular preterite disminuí, past participle disminuido)

  1. to decrease
    Synonym: decrecer

Conjugation
    Conjugation of disminuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive disminuir
gerund disminuyendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular disminuido disminuida
plural disminuidos disminuidas
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 disminuyo disminuyestú
disminuísvos		 disminuye disminuimos disminuís disminuyen
imperfect disminuía disminuías disminuía disminuíamos disminuíais disminuían
preterite disminuí disminuiste disminuyó disminuimos disminuisteis disminuyeron
future disminuiré disminuirás disminuirá disminuiremos disminuiréis disminuirán
conditional disminuiría disminuirías disminuiría disminuiríamos disminuiríais disminuirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present disminuya disminuyastú
disminuyásvos2		 disminuya disminuyamos disminuyáis disminuyan
imperfect
(ra)		 disminuyera disminuyeras disminuyera disminuyéramos disminuyerais disminuyeran
imperfect
(se)		 disminuyese disminuyeses disminuyese disminuyésemos disminuyeseis disminuyesen
future1 disminuyere disminuyeres disminuyere disminuyéremos disminuyereis disminuyeren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative disminuyetú
disminuívos		 disminuya disminuyamos disminuid disminuyan
negative no disminuyas no disminuya no disminuyamos no disminuyáis no disminuyan

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

    Selected combined forms of disminuir

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 disminuir
dative disminuirme disminuirte disminuirle, disminuirse disminuirnos disminuiros disminuirles, disminuirse
accusative disminuirme disminuirte disminuirlo, disminuirla, disminuirse disminuirnos disminuiros disminuirlos, disminuirlas, disminuirse
with gerund disminuyendo
dative disminuyéndome disminuyéndote disminuyéndole, disminuyéndose disminuyéndonos disminuyéndoos disminuyéndoles, disminuyéndose
accusative disminuyéndome disminuyéndote disminuyéndolo, disminuyéndola, disminuyéndose disminuyéndonos disminuyéndoos disminuyéndolos, disminuyéndolas, disminuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative disminuye
dative disminúyeme disminúyete disminúyele disminúyenos not used disminúyeles
accusative disminúyeme disminúyete disminúyelo, disminúyela disminúyenos not used disminúyelos, disminúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative disminuí
dative disminuime disminuite disminuile disminuinos not used disminuiles
accusative disminuime disminuite disminuilo, disminuila disminuinos not used disminuilos, disminuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative disminuya
dative disminúyame not used disminúyale, disminúyase disminúyanos not used disminúyales
accusative disminúyame not used disminúyalo, disminúyala, disminúyase disminúyanos not used disminúyalos, disminúyalas
with first-person plural imperative disminuyamos
dative not used disminuyámoste disminuyámosle disminuyámonos disminuyámoos disminuyámosles
accusative not used disminuyámoste disminuyámoslo, disminuyámosla disminuyámonos disminuyámoos disminuyámoslos, disminuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative disminuid
dative disminuidme not used disminuidle disminuidnos disminuíos disminuidles
accusative disminuidme not used disminuidlo, disminuidla disminuidnos disminuíos disminuidlos, disminuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative disminuyan
dative disminúyanme not used disminúyanle disminúyannos not used disminúyanles, disminúyanse
accusative disminúyanme not used disminúyanlo, disminúyanla disminúyannos not used disminúyanlos, disminúyanlas, disminúyanse

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