# delir
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin dēlēre (“to destroy”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dəˈli]
* IPA: (Valencia) [deˈliɾ]

### Verb

delir (first-person singular present deleixo, first-person singular preterite delí, past participle delit)
* (archaic, transitive) to destroy, to erase
* (archaic, intransitive) to disappear
* (reflexive) to relish (to take great pleasure in something)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | delir | delir | delir | delir | delir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | delint | delint | delint | delint | delint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | delit | delit | delida | delida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | delits | delits | delides | delides |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | deleixo | deleixes | deleix | delim | deliu | deleixen |
| indicative | imperfect | delia | delies | delia | delíem | delíeu | delien |
| indicative | future | deliré | deliràs | delirà | delirem | delireu | deliran |
| indicative | preterite | delí | delires | delí | delírem | delíreu | deliren |
| indicative | conditional | deliria | deliries | deliria | deliríem | deliríeu | delirien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | deleixi | deleixis | deleixi | delim | deliu | deleixin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | delís | delissis | delís | delíssim | delíssiu | delissin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | deleix | deleixi | delim | deliu | deleixin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no deleixis | no deleixi | no delim | no deliu | no deleixin |

#### Related terms

* delit

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlēre, with change of conjugation. Compare Spanish desleír and English delete.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈli(ʁ)/ [deˈli(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /deˈli(ʁ)/ [deˈli(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /deˈli(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deˈli(ʁ)/ [deˈli(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /deˈli(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨˈliɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨˈliɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨˈli.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧lir

### Verb

delir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite deli, past participle delido)
* to destroy, erase; to delete
    Synonyms: extinguir, eliminar
* to dilute
    Synonym: diluir

#### Related terms

* deletar

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* делир (delir) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from French délire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [deˈlir]

### Noun

delir n (plural deliruri)
* delirium, madness; raving

#### Synonyms

* (medical): aiurare, aiureală, delirare
* (regional variants): bâiguială, bâiguire

#### Related terms

* delira
* delirant

### Further reading

* delir in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈdɛlɪt/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈdeːlɪr/, /ˈdɛlɪt/

### Verb

delir
* present indicative/future impersonal of dal

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Verb

delir
* Soft mutation of telir.

#### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.