digerir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīgerere, present active infinitive of dīgerō (“I separate, I distribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.ʒəˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.d͡ʒeˈɾiɾ]

Verb

digerir (first-person singular present digereixo, first-person singular preterite digerí, past participle digerit)

1. to arrange, to bring in order
2. to digest

   Synonym: pair

3. to handle, to cope with

Derived terms

• digestió

Further reading

• “digerir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “digerir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “digerir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “digerir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīgerere (“to separate; to distribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒe.ˈɾi(ɾ)/, -(ɹ)
• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ʒe.ˈɾi(ɾ)/, -(ɻ)
• Homophone: digeri

Verb

1. to digest (to break down and absorb food in the alimentary canal)

   Vacas conseguem digerir grama.

   Cows can digest grass.

2. (figurative) to digest (to think over and arrange methodically in the mind)

   Não conseguia digerir a information.

   He couldn’t digest the information.

3. (figurative) to deal with; to come to terms with; to cope

   Ele ainda não digeriu a morte da mãe.

   He still hasn’t come to terms with his mother’s death.

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Synonyms

• digestir (obsolete or dialectal)

Related terms

• digeribilidade
• digerido
• digerível
• digestão
• digestibilidade
• digestir
• digestível
• digestivo
• digesto
• digestor
• digestório

 

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīgero (“separate, distribute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dixeˈɾiɾ/ [d̪i.xeˈɾiɾ]

Verb

1. to digest

Related terms

• digestión
• digestivo
• indigesto

Further reading

• “digerir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014