diffuso

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin diffusus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /difˈfu.zo/[1]
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  • Rhymes: -uzo
  • Hyphenation: dif‧fù‧so

Adjective

diffuso (feminine diffusa, masculine plural diffusi, feminine plural diffuse, superlative diffusissimo)

  1. diffuse
  2. diffused, spread
  3. widespread (disease etc.)

Derived terms

Participle

diffuso (feminine diffusa, masculine plural diffusi, feminine plural diffuse)

  1. past participle of diffondere

References

  1. ^ diffuso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • diffuso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Participle

diffūsō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of diffūsus

Portuguese

Adjective

diffuso (feminine diffusa, masculine plural diffusos, feminine plural diffusas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of difuso.
    • 1932 June 26, “Noivado Mystico [Mystical Wedding]”, in Jornal do Brasil‎, volume XLII, number 151, Rio de Janeiro, page 12:
      Mergulhado num sonho diffuso, a alma credula e infantil, começou a colher flores […]
      Submerged in a diffuse dream, his soul naïve and childish, he started picking flowers

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