# definir
## Asturian
### Verb

definir
* to define

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.fiˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.fiˈniɾ]

### Verb

definir (first-person singular present defineixo, first-person singular preterite definí, past participle definit)
* to define

#### Related terms

* definició
* definit
* definitiu

#### Further reading

* “definir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, limit”).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

definir (first-person singular present defino, first-person singular preterite definín, past participle definido) definir (first-person singular present defino, first-person singular preterite definim or defini, past participle definido, reintegrationist norm)
* to define

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* definición
* definido
* definitivo

#### Further reading

* “definir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “definir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

definir
* to define

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | definir | definir |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | definiente | definite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | defini | ha definite |
| active | past | definiva | habeva definite |
| active | future | definira | habera definite |
| active | conditional | definirea | haberea definite |
| active | imperative | defini | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es definite | ha essite definite |
| passive | past | esseva definite | habeva essite definite |
| passive | future | essera definite | habera essite definite |
| passive | conditional | esserea definite | haberea essite definite |
| passive | imperative | sia definite | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, to limit”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.fiˈni(ʁ)/ [de.fiˈni(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.fiˈni(ʁ)/ [de.fiˈni(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.fiˈni(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.fiˈni(ʁ)/ [de.fiˈni(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.fiˈni(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.fiˈniɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.fiˈniɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.fiˈni.ɾi/

### Verb

definir (first-person singular present defino, first-person singular preterite defini, past participle definido)
* to define

#### Related terms

* definição
* definido
* definitivo

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin dēfīnīre (“to bound, limit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /defiˈniɾ/ [d̪e.fiˈniɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: de‧fi‧nir

### Verb

definir (first-person singular present defino, first-person singular preterite definí, past participle definido)
* (transitive) to define

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* autodefinirse
* redefinir

#### Related terms

* definición
* definido
* definitivo

#### Further reading

* “definir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10