distinguir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distinguere, present active infinitive of distinguō.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /diʃ.tĩ.ˈɡiɾ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dis.tʃĩ.ˈɡwiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: dis‧tin‧guir

Verb

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

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

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin distinguere, present active infinitive of distinguō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /distinˈɡiɾ/, [d̪ist̪ĩŋˈɡiɾ]

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 do not make out the house numbering.

Conjugation

  • Rule: gu becomes a g before a or o.

    See also

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