diffuso
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /difˈfu.zo/[1]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uzo
- Hyphenation: dif‧fù‧so
Adjective
diffuso (feminine diffusa, masculine plural diffusi, feminine plural diffuse, superlative diffusissimo)
- diffuse
- diffused, spread
- widespread (disease etc.)
Derived terms
Related terms
Participle
diffuso (feminine diffusa, masculine plural diffusi, feminine plural diffuse)
- past participle of diffondere
References
- ^ 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
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of diffūsus
Portuguese
Adjective
diffuso (feminine diffusa, masculine plural diffusos, feminine plural diffusas)
- 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[1], 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 […]