distinguir

Galician

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guir

Verb

distinguir (first-person singular present distingo, first-person singular preterite distinguín, past participle distinguido)
distinguir (first-person singular present distingo, first-person singular preterite distinguim or distingui, past participle distinguido, short past participle distinto, reintegrationist norm)

1. to distinguish

Conjugation

Further reading

• “distinguir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “distinguir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distinguere, present active infinitive of distinguō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

distinguir

1. to distinguish

   Synonym: diferenciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of distinguir in Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		distinguir			?er distinguit
past participle		distinguit			—
gerund		distinguissent			?ent distinguit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	distinguissi	distinguisses	distinguís	distinguissèm	distinguissètz	distinguisson
	imperfect	distinguissiái	distinguissiás	distinguissiá	distinguissiam	distinguissiatz	distinguissián
	preterite	distinguiguèri	distinguiguères	distinguiguèt	distinguiguèrem	distinguiguèretz	distinguiguèron
	future	distinguirai	distinguiràs	distinguirà	distinguirem	distinguiretz	distinguiràn
	conditional	distinguiriái	distinguiriás	distinguiriá	distinguiriam	distinguiriatz	distinguirián
	conditional 2nd form1	distinguiguèra	distinguiguèras	distinguiguèra	distinguigueram	distinguigueratz	distinguiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	distinguisca	distinguiscas	distinguisca	distinguiscam	distinguiscatz	distinguiscan
	imperfect	distinguiguèsse	distinguiguèsses	distinguiguèsse	distinguiguèssem	distinguiguèssetz	distinguiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			distinguís		distinguiscam	distinguissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• distincion

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distinguere.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guir

Verb

distinguir (first-person singular present distingo, first-person singular preterite distingui, past participle distinguido, short past participle distinto)

1. to distinguish, discern (tell apart)
2. to differentiate

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distinguere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distinˈɡiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧tin‧guir

Verb

distinguir (first-person singular present distingo, first-person singular preterite distinguí, past participle distinguido)

1. to distinguish, discern
2. to differentiate
3. to make out, manage to see, hear etc.

   No distingo el número de la casa

   I cannot make out the house number.

4. (reflexive) to stand out, be distinguishable or differentiable, to distinguish oneself

   Se distinguen por su acento

   They stand out because of their accent.

Conjugation

Related terms

See also

• reconocer (verb)

Further reading

• “distinguir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014