deludir

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin lūdō

Latin delūderebor.

Portuguese deludir

Borrowed from Latin delūdere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.luˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [de.luˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.luˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [de.luˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.luˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.luˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [de.luˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.luˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.luˈdiɾ/ [dɨ.luˈðiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.luˈdiɾ/ [dɨ.luˈðiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.luˈdi.ɾi/ [dɨ.luˈði.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧lu‧dir

Verb

deludir (first-person singular present deludo, first-person singular preterite deludi, past participle deludido)

1. to delude (rare alternative of iludir)

   Synonyms: iludir, enganar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deludir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deludir
Personal	deludir	deludires	deludir	deludirmos	deludirdes	deludirem
Gerund
	deludindo
Past participle
Masculine	deludido			deludidos
Feminine	deludida			deludidas
Indicative
Present	deludo	deludes	delude	deludimos	deludis	deludem
Imperfect	deludia	deludias	deludia	deludíamos	deludíeis	deludiam
Preterite	deludi	deludiste	deludiu	deludimos	deludistes	deludiram
Pluperfect	deludira	deludiras	deludira	deludíramos	deludíreis	deludiram
Future	deludirei	deludirás	deludirá	deludiremos	deludireis	deludirão
Conditional	deludiria	deludirias	deludiria	deludiríamos	deludiríeis	deludiriam
Subjunctive
Present	deluda	deludas	deluda	deludamos	deludais	deludam
Imperfect	deludisse	deludisses	deludisse	deludíssemos	deludísseis	deludissem
Future	deludir	deludires	deludir	deludirmos	deludirdes	deludirem
Imperative
Affirmative		delude	deluda	deludamos	deludi	deludam
Negative (não)		não deludas	não deluda	não deludamos	não deludais	não deludam

Related terms

• delusão

Further reading

• “deludir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “deludir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin lūdō

Latin delūderebor.

Spanish deludir

Borrowed from Latin delūdere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deluˈdiɾ/ [d̪e.luˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: de‧lu‧dir

Verb

deludir (first-person singular present deludo, first-person singular preterite deludí, past participle deludido)

1. to delude, fool

   Synonyms: engañar, engrupir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deludir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deludir
gerund			deludiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deludido		deludida
		plural		deludidos		deludidas
		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	deludo	deludestú deludísvos	delude	deludimos	deludís	deluden
	imperfect	deludía	deludías	deludía	deludíamos	deludíais	deludían
	preterite	deludí	deludiste	deludió	deludimos	deludisteis	deludieron
	future	deludiré	deludirás	deludirá	deludiremos	deludiréis	deludirán
	conditional	deludiría	deludirías	deludiría	deludiríamos	deludiríais	deludirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deluda	deludastú deludásvos2	deluda	deludamos	deludáis	deludan
	imperfect (ra)	deludiera	deludieras	deludiera	deludiéramos	deludierais	deludieran
	imperfect (se)	deludiese	deludieses	deludiese	deludiésemos	deludieseis	deludiesen
	future1	deludiere	deludieres	deludiere	deludiéremos	deludiereis	deludieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deludetú deludívos	deluda	deludamos	deludid	deludan
	negative		no deludas	no deluda	no deludamos	no deludáis	no deludan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “deludir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025