deslindar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Galician-Portuguese des-

Portuguese des-

Latin līmes

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin līmitāre

Portuguese lindar

Portuguese deslindar

From des- + lindar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.lĩˈda(ʁ)/ [dez.lĩˈda(h)], /d͡ʒiz.lĩˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.lĩˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.lĩˈda(ʁ)/ [dez.lĩˈda(h)], /d͡ʒiz.lĩˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.lĩˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /dez.lĩˈda(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.lĩˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒ.lĩˈda(ʁ)/ [deʒ.lĩˈda(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.lĩˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.lĩˈda(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /dez.lĩˈda(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒiz.lĩˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.lĩˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.lĩˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.lĩˈda.ɾi/

Verb

deslindar (first-person singular present deslindo, first-person singular preterite deslindei, past participle deslindado)

1. (transitive) to unravel; to solve; to figure out (to find a solution)

   Synonyms: resolver, solucionar, elucidar

2. (transitive) to delimit; to demarcate (to find or mark the limits of)

   Synonyms: delimitar, demarcar, lindar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deslindar (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	deslindar
Personal	deslindar	deslindares	deslindar	deslindarmos	deslindardes	deslindarem
Gerund
	deslindando
Past participle
Masculine	deslindado			deslindados
Feminine	deslindada			deslindadas
Indicative
Present	deslindo	deslindas	deslinda	deslindamos	deslindais	deslindam
Imperfect	deslindava	deslindavas	deslindava	deslindávamos	deslindáveis	deslindavam
Preterite	deslindei	deslindaste	deslindou	deslindamos1, deslindámos2	deslindastes	deslindaram
Pluperfect	deslindara	deslindaras	deslindara	deslindáramos	deslindáreis	deslindaram
Future	deslindarei	deslindarás	deslindará	deslindaremos	deslindareis	deslindarão
Conditional	deslindaria	deslindarias	deslindaria	deslindaríamos	deslindaríeis	deslindariam
Subjunctive
Present	deslinde	deslindes	deslinde	deslindemos	deslindeis	deslindem
Imperfect	deslindasse	deslindasses	deslindasse	deslindássemos	deslindásseis	deslindassem
Future	deslindar	deslindares	deslindar	deslindarmos	deslindardes	deslindarem
Imperative
Affirmative		deslinda	deslinde	deslindemos	deslindai	deslindem
Negative (não)		não deslindes	não deslinde	não deslindemos	não deslindeis	não deslindem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• deslinde

Related terms

• delimitar
• limitar
• limite
• lindar
• linde

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin delimitare. By surface analysis, des- + lindar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deslinˈdaɾ/ [d̪es.lĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧lin‧dar

Verb

deslindar (first-person singular present deslindo, first-person singular preterite deslindé, past participle deslindado)

1. to delimit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deslindar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deslindar
gerund			deslindando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deslindado		deslindada
		plural		deslindados		deslindadas
		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	deslindo	deslindastú deslindásvos	deslinda	deslindamos	deslindáis	deslindan
	imperfect	deslindaba	deslindabas	deslindaba	deslindábamos	deslindabais	deslindaban
	preterite	deslindé	deslindaste	deslindó	deslindamos	deslindasteis	deslindaron
	future	deslindaré	deslindarás	deslindará	deslindaremos	deslindaréis	deslindarán
	conditional	deslindaría	deslindarías	deslindaría	deslindaríamos	deslindaríais	deslindarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deslinde	deslindestú deslindésvos2	deslinde	deslindemos	deslindéis	deslinden
	imperfect (ra)	deslindara	deslindaras	deslindara	deslindáramos	deslindarais	deslindaran
	imperfect (se)	deslindase	deslindases	deslindase	deslindásemos	deslindaseis	deslindasen
	future1	deslindare	deslindares	deslindare	deslindáremos	deslindareis	deslindaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deslindatú deslindávos	deslinde	deslindemos	deslindad	deslinden
	negative		no deslindes	no deslinde	no deslindemos	no deslindéis	no deslinden

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

    Selected combined forms of deslindar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive deslindar	dative	deslindarme	deslindarte	deslindarle, deslindarse	deslindarnos	deslindaros	deslindarles, deslindarse
	accusative	deslindarme	deslindarte	deslindarlo, deslindarla, deslindarse	deslindarnos	deslindaros	deslindarlos, deslindarlas, deslindarse
with gerund deslindando	dative	deslindándome	deslindándote	deslindándole, deslindándose	deslindándonos	deslindándoos	deslindándoles, deslindándose
	accusative	deslindándome	deslindándote	deslindándolo, deslindándola, deslindándose	deslindándonos	deslindándoos	deslindándolos, deslindándolas, deslindándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative deslinda	dative	deslíndame	deslíndate	deslíndale	deslíndanos	not used	deslíndales
	accusative	deslíndame	deslíndate	deslíndalo, deslíndala	deslíndanos	not used	deslíndalos, deslíndalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative deslindá	dative	deslindame	deslindate	deslindale	deslindanos	not used	deslindales
	accusative	deslindame	deslindate	deslindalo, deslindala	deslindanos	not used	deslindalos, deslindalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deslinde	dative	deslíndeme	not used	deslíndele, deslíndese	deslíndenos	not used	deslíndeles
	accusative	deslíndeme	not used	deslíndelo, deslíndela, deslíndese	deslíndenos	not used	deslíndelos, deslíndelas
with first-person plural imperative deslindemos	dative	not used	deslindémoste	deslindémosle	deslindémonos	deslindémoos	deslindémosles
	accusative	not used	deslindémoste	deslindémoslo, deslindémosla	deslindémonos	deslindémoos	deslindémoslos, deslindémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deslindad	dative	deslindadme	not used	deslindadle	deslindadnos	deslindaos	deslindadles
	accusative	deslindadme	not used	deslindadlo, deslindadla	deslindadnos	deslindaos	deslindadlos, deslindadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deslinden	dative	deslíndenme	not used	deslíndenle	deslíndennos	not used	deslíndenles, deslíndense
	accusative	deslíndenme	not used	deslíndenlo, deslíndenla	deslíndennos	not used	deslíndenlos, deslíndenlas, deslíndense

Related terms

• deslinde

Further reading

• “deslindar”, 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