diluviar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīluviāre (“to deluge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [di.lu.βiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.lu.viˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.lu.viˈaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

diluviar (first-person singular present diluvio, first-person singular preterite diluvií, past participle diluviat)

1. (impersonal) to pour, to rain heavily

Conjugation

Forms other than the third person are rarely used except in a poetic sense.

    Central Catalan conjugation of diluviar (first conjugation)

infinitive			diluviar
gerund			diluviant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diluviat		diluviada
		plural		diluviats		diluviades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	diluvio	diluvies	diluvia	diluviem	diluvieu	diluvien
	imperfect	diluviava	diluviaves	diluviava	diluviàvem	diluviàveu	diluviaven
	future	diluviaré	diluviaràs	diluviarà	diluviarem	diluviareu	diluviaran
	preterite	diluvií	diluviares	diluvià	diluviàrem	diluviàreu	diluviaren
	conditional	diluviaria	diluviaries	diluviaria	diluviaríem	diluviaríeu	diluviarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	diluviï	diluviïs	diluviï	diluviem	diluvieu	diluviïn
	imperfect	diluviés	diluviessis	diluviés	diluviéssim	diluviéssiu	diluviessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	diluvia	diluviï	diluviem	diluvieu	diluviïn
	negative (no)	—	no diluviïs	no diluviï	no diluviem	no diluvieu	no diluviïn

Related terms

• diluvi

Further reading

• “diluviar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin diluviāre. By surface analysis, dilúvio (“deluge, great flood”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(h)], (faster) /d͡ʒi.luˈvja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.luˈvja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(h)], (faster) /d͡ʒi.luˈvja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.luˈvja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /d͡ʒi.luˈvja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(χ)], (faster) /d͡ʒi.luˈvja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.luˈvja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.lu.viˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /d͡ʒi.luˈvja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.luˈvjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.luˈvjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.luˈbjaɾ/ [di.luˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.luˈvja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: di‧lu‧vi‧ar

Verb

diluviar (impersonal, third-person singular present diluvia, third-person singular preterite diluviou, past participle diluviado)

1. (impersonal) to pour, to rain heavily

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diluviar (impersonal) (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	diluviar
Personal	—	—	diluviar	—	—	—
Gerund
	diluviando
Past participle
Masculine	diluviado			—
Feminine	—			—
Indicative
Present	—	—	diluvia	—	—	—
Imperfect	—	—	diluviava	—	—	—
Preterite	—	—	diluviou	—	—	—
Pluperfect	—	—	diluviara	—	—	—
Future	—	—	diluviará	—	—	—
Conditional	—	—	diluviaria	—	—	—
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	diluvie	—	—	—
Imperfect	—	—	diluviasse	—	—	—
Future	—	—	diluviar	—	—	—
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Further reading

• “diluviar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

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-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der.

Proto-Italic *lowō

Latin lavō

Latin dīluō

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin dīluvium

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 diluviāreder.

Spanish diluviar

Derived from Latin diluviāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diluˈbjaɾ/ [d̪i.luˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧lu‧viar

Verb

diluviar (impersonal, third-person singular present diluvia, third-person singular preterite diluvió, past participle diluviado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to pour (as with rain)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diluviar (impersonal) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			diluviar
gerund			diluviando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diluviado		—
		plural		—		—
		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	—	—	diluvia	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	diluviaba	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	diluvió	—	—	—
	future	—	—	diluviará	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	diluviaría	—	—	—
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	—	—	diluvie	—	—	—
	imperfect (ra)	—	—	diluviara	—	—	—
	imperfect (se)	—	—	diluviase	—	—	—
	future1	—	—	diluviare	—	—	—
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
	negative		—	—	—	—	—

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.

Derived terms

• cuando llueve, diluvia

Related terms

• diluvio

Further reading

• “diluviar”, 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