difuso

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• diffuso (pre-reform)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffūsus (“diffused”), perfect passive participle of diffundō (“to diffuse”), dif- + fundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈfu.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈfu.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈfu.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈfu.zu/

• Hyphenation: di‧fu‧so

Adjective

difuso (feminine difusa, masculine plural difusos, feminine plural difusas)

1. diffuse (not concentrated)

   Synonyms: espalhado, propagado, desconcentrado

   Antonym: concentrado

   • 1932 June 26, “Noivado Mystico [Mystical Wedding]”, in Jornal do Brasil‎^[1], volume XLII, number 151, Rio de Janeiro, page 12:

     Mergulhado num sonho diffuso, a alma credula e infantil, começou a colher flores […]

     Submerged in a diffuse dream, his soul naïve and childish, he started picking flowers […]

Related terms

• difundido
• difundir
• difusão
• difusor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diffusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈfuso/ [d̪iˈfu.so]
• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: di‧fu‧so

Adjective

difuso (feminine difusa, masculine plural difusos, feminine plural difusas)

1. diffuse
2. (mathematics) fuzzy

Derived terms

• conjunto difuso (“fuzzy set”)
• lógica difusa
• teoría de los subconjuntos difusos (“fuzzy subset theory”)

 

Further reading

• “difuso”, 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