divulgar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvulgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [di.βulˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.vulˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.vulˈɣaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

divulgar (first-person singular present divulgo, first-person singular preterite divulguí, past participle divulgat)

1. to divulge, disclose

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of divulgar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			divulgar
gerund			divulgant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divulgat		divulgada
		plural		divulgats		divulgades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	divulgo	divulgues	divulga	divulguem	divulgueu	divulguen
	imperfect	divulgava	divulgaves	divulgava	divulgàvem	divulgàveu	divulgaven
	future	divulgaré	divulgaràs	divulgarà	divulgarem	divulgareu	divulgaran
	preterite	divulguí	divulgares	divulgà	divulgàrem	divulgàreu	divulgaren
	conditional	divulgaria	divulgaries	divulgaria	divulgaríem	divulgaríeu	divulgarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	divulgui	divulguis	divulgui	divulguem	divulgueu	divulguin
	imperfect	divulgués	divulguessis	divulgués	divulguéssim	divulguéssiu	divulguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	divulga	divulgui	divulguem	divulgueu	divulguin
	negative (no)	—	no divulguis	no divulgui	no divulguem	no divulgueu	no divulguin

Related terms

• divulgació

Further reading

• “divulgar”, 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
• “divulgar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “divulgar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “divulgar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dīvulgō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

divulgar

1. (transitive) to divulge

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		divulgar			aver divulgat
gerund		divulgant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divulgat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divulgui	divulgas	divulga	divulgam	divulgatz	divulgan
	imperfect	divulgavi	divulgavas	divulgava	divulgàvem	divulgàvetz	divulgavan
	preterite	divulguèri	divulguères	divulguèt	divulguèrem	divulguèretz	divulguèron
	future	divulgarai	divulgaràs	divulgarà	divulgarem	divulgaretz	divulgaràn
	conditional	divulgariái	divulgariás	divulgariá	divulgariam	divulgariatz	divulgarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divulguèra	divulguèras	divulguèra	divulgueram	divulgueratz	divulguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divulgue	divulgues	divulgue	divulguem	divulguetz	divulguen
	imperfect	divulguèssi	divulguèsses	divulguèsse	divulguèssem	divulguèssetz	divulguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divulga		divulguem	divulgatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		divulgar			aver divulgat
gerund		divulgant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divulgat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divulgue	divulgues	divulga	divulgam	divulgatz	divulgon
	imperfect	divulgave	divulgaves	divulgava	divulgaviam	divulgaviatz	divulgavon
	preterite	divulguere	divulgueres	divulguet	divulguem	divulguetz	divulgueron
	future	divulgarai	divulgaràs	divulgará	divulgarem	divulgaretz	divulgarán
	conditional	divulgariá	divulgariás	divulgariá	divulgariam	divulgariatz	divulgarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divulguèra	divulguèras	divulguèra	divulgueram	divulgueratz	divulguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divulgue	divulgues	divulgue	divulgassiam	divulgassiatz	divulgon
	imperfect	divulguesse	divulguesses	divulguesse	divulguessiam	divulguessiatz	divulguesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divulga		divulgassiam	divulgatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		divulgar			aver divulgat
gerund		divulgant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divulgat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divulgui	divulgas	divulga	divulgam	divulgatz	divulgan
	imperfect	divulgavi	divulgavas	divulgava	divulgàvam	divulgàvatz	divulgavan
	preterite	divulguèi	divulguès	divulguè	divulguèm	divulguètz	divulguèn
	future	divulgarèi	divulgaràs	divulgarà	divulgaram	divulgaratz	divulgaràn
	conditional	divulgarí	divulgarés	divulgaré	divulgarem	divulgaretz	divulgarén
	conditional 2nd form1	divulguèra	divulguèras	divulguèra	divulgueram	divulgueratz	divulguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divulgui	divulgues	divulgue	divulguem	divulguetz	divulguen
	imperfect	divulguèssi	divulguèsses	divulguèsse	divulguèssem	divulguèssetz	divulguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divulga		divulguem	divulgatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		divulgar			aver divulgat
gerund		divulgant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divulgat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divulgue	divulgas	divulga	divulgam	divulgatz	divulgan
	imperfect	divulgava	divulgavas	divulgava	divulgàvam	divulgàvatz	divulgavan
	preterite	divulguei	divulgueras	divulguet	divulguèram	divulguèratz	divulgueran
	future	divulgarai	divulgaràs	divulgará	divulgarem	divulgaretz	divulgarán
	conditional	divulgariá	divulgariàs	divulgariá	divulgariam	divulgariatz	divulgarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divulguèra	divulguèras	divulguèra	divulgueram	divulgueratz	divulguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divulgue	divulgues	divulgue	divulguem	divulguetz	divulguen
	imperfect	divulguèsse	divulguèsses	divulguèsse	divulguèssem	divulguèssetz	divulguèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divulga		divulguem	divulgatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		divulgar			aver divulgat
gerund		divulgant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		divulgat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	divulgue	divulgues	divulga	divulgam	divulgatz	divulgan
	imperfect	divulgavi	divulgavas	divulgava	divulgàvem	divulgàvetz	divulgavan
	preterite	divulguère	divulguères	divulguèt	divulgueriam	divulgueriatz	divulguèron
	future	divulgarai	divulgaràs	divulgarà	divulgarem	divulgaretz	divulgaràn
	conditional	divulgariáu	divulgariás	divulgariá	divulgariam	divulgariatz	divulgarián
	conditional 2nd form1	divulguèra	divulguèras	divulguèra	divulgueram	divulgueratz	divulguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	divulgue	divulgues	divulgue	divulguem	divulguetz	divulgan
	imperfect	divulguèsse	divulguèsses	divulguèsse	divulguessiam	divulguessiatz	divulguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			divulga		divulguem	divulgatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 357
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 228

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Latin vulgō

Latin dīvulgārebor.

Portuguese divulgar

Borrowed from Latin dīvulgāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vuwˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vuwˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vuwˈɡa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vuwˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.vuwˈɡa(ɻ)/ [d͡ʒi.vuʊ̯ˈɡa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vulˈɡaɾ/ [di.vuɫˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vulˈɡaɾ/ [di.vuɫˈɣaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.bulˈɡaɾ/ [di.βuɫˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vulˈɡa.ɾi/ [di.vuɫˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

divulgar (first-person singular present divulgo, first-person singular preterite divulguei, past participle divulgado)

1. to spread, disseminate, popularize
2. to advertise, publicize, promote
3. to divulge, disclose, expose

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divulgar (g-gu alternation) (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	divulgar
Personal	divulgar	divulgares	divulgar	divulgarmos	divulgardes	divulgarem
Gerund
	divulgando
Past participle
Masculine	divulgado			divulgados
Feminine	divulgada			divulgadas
Indicative
Present	divulgo	divulgas	divulga	divulgamos	divulgais	divulgam
Imperfect	divulgava	divulgavas	divulgava	divulgávamos	divulgáveis	divulgavam
Preterite	divulguei	divulgaste	divulgou	divulgamos1, divulgámos2	divulgastes	divulgaram
Pluperfect	divulgara	divulgaras	divulgara	divulgáramos	divulgáreis	divulgaram
Future	divulgarei	divulgarás	divulgará	divulgaremos	divulgareis	divulgarão
Conditional	divulgaria	divulgarias	divulgaria	divulgaríamos	divulgaríeis	divulgariam
Subjunctive
Present	divulgue	divulgues	divulgue	divulguemos	divulgueis	divulguem
Imperfect	divulgasse	divulgasses	divulgasse	divulgássemos	divulgásseis	divulgassem
Future	divulgar	divulgares	divulgar	divulgarmos	divulgardes	divulgarem
Imperative
Affirmative		divulga	divulgue	divulguemos	divulgai	divulguem
Negative (não)		não divulgues	não divulgue	não divulguemos	não divulgueis	não divulguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:divulgar.

Related terms

• divulgação
• divulgado
• divulgar-se

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīvulgāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibulˈɡaɾ/ [d̪i.β̞ulˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧vul‧gar

Verb

divulgar (first-person singular present divulgo, first-person singular preterite divulgué, past participle divulgado)

1. to divulge, disclose

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divulgar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			divulgar
gerund			divulgando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divulgado		divulgada
		plural		divulgados		divulgadas
		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	divulgo	divulgastú divulgásvos	divulga	divulgamos	divulgáis	divulgan
	imperfect	divulgaba	divulgabas	divulgaba	divulgábamos	divulgabais	divulgaban
	preterite	divulgué	divulgaste	divulgó	divulgamos	divulgasteis	divulgaron
	future	divulgaré	divulgarás	divulgará	divulgaremos	divulgaréis	divulgarán
	conditional	divulgaría	divulgarías	divulgaría	divulgaríamos	divulgaríais	divulgarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	divulgue	divulguestú divulguésvos2	divulgue	divulguemos	divulguéis	divulguen
	imperfect (ra)	divulgara	divulgaras	divulgara	divulgáramos	divulgarais	divulgaran
	imperfect (se)	divulgase	divulgases	divulgase	divulgásemos	divulgaseis	divulgasen
	future1	divulgare	divulgares	divulgare	divulgáremos	divulgareis	divulgaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		divulgatú divulgávos	divulgue	divulguemos	divulgad	divulguen
	negative		no divulgues	no divulgue	no divulguemos	no divulguéis	no divulguen

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

    Selected combined forms of divulgar (g-gu alternation)

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 divulgar	dative	divulgarme	divulgarte	divulgarle, divulgarse	divulgarnos	divulgaros	divulgarles, divulgarse
	accusative	divulgarme	divulgarte	divulgarlo, divulgarla, divulgarse	divulgarnos	divulgaros	divulgarlos, divulgarlas, divulgarse
with gerund divulgando	dative	divulgándome	divulgándote	divulgándole, divulgándose	divulgándonos	divulgándoos	divulgándoles, divulgándose
	accusative	divulgándome	divulgándote	divulgándolo, divulgándola, divulgándose	divulgándonos	divulgándoos	divulgándolos, divulgándolas, divulgándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative divulga	dative	divúlgame	divúlgate	divúlgale	divúlganos	not used	divúlgales
	accusative	divúlgame	divúlgate	divúlgalo, divúlgala	divúlganos	not used	divúlgalos, divúlgalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative divulgá	dative	divulgame	divulgate	divulgale	divulganos	not used	divulgales
	accusative	divulgame	divulgate	divulgalo, divulgala	divulganos	not used	divulgalos, divulgalas
with formal second-person singular imperative divulgue	dative	divúlgueme	not used	divúlguele, divúlguese	divúlguenos	not used	divúlgueles
	accusative	divúlgueme	not used	divúlguelo, divúlguela, divúlguese	divúlguenos	not used	divúlguelos, divúlguelas
with first-person plural imperative divulguemos	dative	not used	divulguémoste	divulguémosle	divulguémonos	divulguémoos	divulguémosles
	accusative	not used	divulguémoste	divulguémoslo, divulguémosla	divulguémonos	divulguémoos	divulguémoslos, divulguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative divulgad	dative	divulgadme	not used	divulgadle	divulgadnos	divulgaos	divulgadles
	accusative	divulgadme	not used	divulgadlo, divulgadla	divulgadnos	divulgaos	divulgadlos, divulgadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative divulguen	dative	divúlguenme	not used	divúlguenle	divúlguennos	not used	divúlguenles, divúlguense
	accusative	divúlguenme	not used	divúlguenlo, divúlguenla	divúlguennos	not used	divúlguenlos, divúlguenlas, divúlguense

Related terms

• divulgación

Further reading

• “divulgar”, 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