discernir

Borrowed from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

discernir (first-person singular present discerneixo, first-person singular preterite discerní, past participle discernit)

1. (transitive) to distinguish, discern

• discernible
• discernidor
• discerniment

• cernir
• discreció
• discret

• “discernir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April

Learned borrowing from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

discernir (first-person singular present discirno, third-person singular present discirne, first-person singular preterite discernín, past participle discernido)
discernir (first-person singular present discirno, third-person singular present discerne, first-person singular preterite discernim or discerni, past participle discernido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to distinguish, discern

• discernimento
• discerníbel
• concernir

• “discernir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “discernir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

• Hyphenation: dis‧cer‧nir

discernir (first-person singular present discirno, third-person singular present discerne, first-person singular preterite discerni, past participle discernido)

1. to distinguish, discern

• discreto
• discrição
• concernir
• cernir

• “discernir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “discernir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin discernere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, discern”), from dis- (“apart”) + cernere (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

• IPA^(key): /disθeɾˈniɾ/ (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /diseɾˈniɾ/ (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧cer‧nir

discernir (first-person singular present discierno, first-person singular preterite discerní, past participle discernido)

1. to discern

   Synonym: adivinar

2. to distinguish

   Synonym: distinguir

• “discernir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10