iludir

Borrowed from Latin illūdere, with change of conjugation.

• Hyphenation: i‧lu‧dir

iludir (first-person singular present iludo, first-person singular preterite iludi, past participle iludido)

1. to elude (to escape or evade by using cunning)

   Synonym: eludir

2. to delude (to deceive into believing something which is false)

   Synonym: deludir

   • 1890, Aluizio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     Ah! não pôde iludir-se!... e, a despeito do muito que amava à ingrata, rompeu com ela e entregou-a à mãe, fugindo em seguida para São Paulo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to illude (to create a false impression, to trick)

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

Borrowed from Latin illūdere.

• IPA^(key): /iluˈdiɾ/ [i.luˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: i‧lu‧dir

iludir (first-person singular present iludo, first-person singular preterite iludí, past participle iludido)

1. to deceive
2. to mock, ridicule

• “iludir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024