diminuir

See also: diminuír

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin diminuere (“to break into small pieces; to diminish”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈi(h)], (faster) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.miˈnwi(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.miˈnwiɾ/, /dɨ.miˈnwiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.miˈnwiɾ/, /dɨ.miˈnwiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.miˈnwi.ɾi/, /dɨ.miˈnwi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧ir

Verb

diminuir (first-person singular present diminuo, first-person singular preterite diminuí, past participle diminuído)

1. to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
2. to reduce, shorten
3. to lower

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diminuir (irregular) (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	diminuir
Personal	diminuir	diminuíres	diminuir	diminuirmos	diminuirdes	diminuírem
Gerund
	diminuindo
Past participle
Masculine	diminuído			diminuídos
Feminine	diminuída			diminuídas
Indicative
Present	diminuo	diminuis	diminui	diminuímos	diminuís	diminuem
Imperfect	diminuía	diminuías	diminuía	diminuíamos	diminuíeis	diminuíam
Preterite	diminuí	diminuíste	diminuiu	diminuímos	diminuístes	diminuíram
Pluperfect	diminuíra	diminuíras	diminuíra	diminuíramos	diminuíreis	diminuíram
Future	diminuirei	diminuirás	diminuirá	diminuiremos	diminuireis	diminuirão
Conditional	diminuiria	diminuirias	diminuiria	diminuiríamos	diminuiríeis	diminuiriam
Subjunctive
Present	diminua	diminuas	diminua	diminuamos	diminuais	diminuam
Imperfect	diminuísse	diminuísses	diminuísse	diminuíssemos	diminuísseis	diminuíssem
Future	diminuir	diminuíres	diminuir	diminuirmos	diminuirdes	diminuírem
Imperative
Affirmative		diminui	diminua	diminuamos	diminuí	diminuam
Negative (não)		não diminuas	não diminua	não diminuamos	não diminuais	não diminuam

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

diminuir (first-person singular present diminuyo, first-person singular preterite diminuí, past participle diminuido)

1. (transitive, reflexive) archaic form of disminuir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diminuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			diminuir
gerund			diminuyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diminuido		diminuida
		plural		diminuidos		diminuidas
		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	diminuyo	diminuyestú diminuísvos	diminuye	diminuimos	diminuís	diminuyen
	imperfect	diminuía	diminuías	diminuía	diminuíamos	diminuíais	diminuían
	preterite	diminuí	diminuiste	diminuyó	diminuimos	diminuisteis	diminuyeron
	future	diminuiré	diminuirás	diminuirá	diminuiremos	diminuiréis	diminuirán
	conditional	diminuiría	diminuirías	diminuiría	diminuiríamos	diminuiríais	diminuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	diminuya	diminuyastú diminuyásvos2	diminuya	diminuyamos	diminuyáis	diminuyan
	imperfect (ra)	diminuyera	diminuyeras	diminuyera	diminuyéramos	diminuyerais	diminuyeran
	imperfect (se)	diminuyese	diminuyeses	diminuyese	diminuyésemos	diminuyeseis	diminuyesen
	future1	diminuyere	diminuyeres	diminuyere	diminuyéremos	diminuyereis	diminuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		diminuyetú diminuívos	diminuya	diminuyamos	diminuid	diminuyan
	negative		no diminuyas	no diminuya	no diminuyamos	no diminuyáis	no diminuyan

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

    Selected combined forms of diminuir

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 diminuir	dative	diminuirme	diminuirte	diminuirle, diminuirse	diminuirnos	diminuiros	diminuirles, diminuirse
	accusative	diminuirme	diminuirte	diminuirlo, diminuirla, diminuirse	diminuirnos	diminuiros	diminuirlos, diminuirlas, diminuirse
with gerund diminuyendo	dative	diminuyéndome	diminuyéndote	diminuyéndole, diminuyéndose	diminuyéndonos	diminuyéndoos	diminuyéndoles, diminuyéndose
	accusative	diminuyéndome	diminuyéndote	diminuyéndolo, diminuyéndola, diminuyéndose	diminuyéndonos	diminuyéndoos	diminuyéndolos, diminuyéndolas, diminuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative diminuye	dative	diminúyeme	diminúyete	diminúyele	diminúyenos	not used	diminúyeles
	accusative	diminúyeme	diminúyete	diminúyelo, diminúyela	diminúyenos	not used	diminúyelos, diminúyelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative diminuí	dative	diminuime	diminuite	diminuile	diminuinos	not used	diminuiles
	accusative	diminuime	diminuite	diminuilo, diminuila	diminuinos	not used	diminuilos, diminuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative diminuya	dative	diminúyame	not used	diminúyale, diminúyase	diminúyanos	not used	diminúyales
	accusative	diminúyame	not used	diminúyalo, diminúyala, diminúyase	diminúyanos	not used	diminúyalos, diminúyalas
with first-person plural imperative diminuyamos	dative	not used	diminuyámoste	diminuyámosle	diminuyámonos	diminuyámoos	diminuyámosles
	accusative	not used	diminuyámoste	diminuyámoslo, diminuyámosla	diminuyámonos	diminuyámoos	diminuyámoslos, diminuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative diminuid	dative	diminuidme	not used	diminuidle	diminuidnos	diminuíos	diminuidles
	accusative	diminuidme	not used	diminuidlo, diminuidla	diminuidnos	diminuíos	diminuidlos, diminuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative diminuyan	dative	diminúyanme	not used	diminúyanle	diminúyannos	not used	diminúyanles, diminúyanse
	accusative	diminúyanme	not used	diminúyanlo, diminúyanla	diminúyannos	not used	diminúyanlos, diminúyanlas, diminúyanse

    Conjugation of diminuirse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			diminuirse
gerund			diminuyéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diminuido		diminuida
		plural		diminuidos		diminuidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	diminuirme	diminuirte	diminuirse	diminuirnos	diminuiros	diminuirse
	gerund	diminuyéndome	diminuyéndote	diminuyéndose	diminuyéndonos	diminuyéndoos	diminuyéndose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me diminuyo	te diminuyestú te diminuísvos	se diminuye	nos diminuimos	os diminuís	se diminuyen
	imperfect	me diminuía	te diminuías	se diminuía	nos diminuíamos	os diminuíais	se diminuían
	preterite	me diminuí	te diminuiste	se diminuyó	nos diminuimos	os diminuisteis	se diminuyeron
	future	me diminuiré	te diminuirás	se diminuirá	nos diminuiremos	os diminuiréis	se diminuirán
	conditional	me diminuiría	te diminuirías	se diminuiría	nos diminuiríamos	os diminuiríais	se diminuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me diminuya	te diminuyastú te diminuyásvos2	se diminuya	nos diminuyamos	os diminuyáis	se diminuyan
	imperfect (ra)	me diminuyera	te diminuyeras	se diminuyera	nos diminuyéramos	os diminuyerais	se diminuyeran
	imperfect (se)	me diminuyese	te diminuyeses	se diminuyese	nos diminuyésemos	os diminuyeseis	se diminuyesen
	future1	me diminuyere	te diminuyeres	se diminuyere	nos diminuyéremos	os diminuyereis	se diminuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		diminúyetetú diminuitevos	diminúyase	diminuyámonos	diminuíos	diminúyanse
	negative		no te diminuyas	no se diminuya	no nos diminuyamos	no os diminuyáis	no se diminuyan

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

Further reading

• “diminuir”, 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