# dirigir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrigere (“steer, direct”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [di.ɾiˈʒi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.ɾiˈd͡ʒiɾ]
* Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

### Verb

dirigir (first-person singular present dirigeixo, first-person singular preterite dirigí, past participle dirigit)
* to guide; to direct

#### Related terms

* direcció
* director
* dret

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diɾiˈʃiɾ/ [d̪i.ɾiˈʃiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gir

### Verb

dirigir (first-person singular present dirijo, first-person singular preterite dirigim or dirigi, past participle dirigido, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of dirixir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “dirigir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīrigere (“to steer, to direct”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.ɾiˈʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.ɾiˈʒiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.ɾiˈʒiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /di.ɾiˈʒi.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /di.ɾi.ˈʒih/
* Hyphenation: di‧ri‧gir

### Verb

dirigir (first-person singular present dirijo, first-person singular preterite dirigi, past participle dirigido)
* (transitive) to drive (a vehicle)
    Synonym: conduzir
    Ele dirigiu o carro de seu pai. ― He drove his father's car.
* (intransitive) to drive any vehicle
    Synonym: conduzir
    O Pedro dirige muito bem. ― Peter drives very well.
* (transitive) to command, to rule, to control (something)
    Synonyms: administrar, gerir, guiar, presidir, controlar, comandar, governar
    O presidente dirigiu aquele país por muito tempo. ― The president ruled that country for a long time.
* to direct a film
* (reflexive) to head (move in a specified direction)
    Synonyms: ir, rumar

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:dirigir.

#### Related terms

* direção
* direito
* diretiva
* diretivo
* direto
* diretor
* diretoria
* diretorial
* diretório
* diretriz
* dirigente
* dirigido
* dirigível

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrigere (“steer, direct”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diɾiˈxiɾ/ [d̪i.ɾiˈxiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: di‧ri‧gir

### Verb

dirigir (first-person singular present dirijo, first-person singular preterite dirigí, past participle dirigido)
* to direct
* to lead, guide, conduct
* to steer
* (pronominal) (+ a) to address, direct to
* (pronominal) (+ a) to head, to make one's way, to head over

#### 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.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* redirigir

#### Related terms

* derecho
* dirección
* director
* dirigente

### Further reading

* “dirigir”, 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