transir

French

Etymology

From Latin trānsīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.ziʁ/

Verb

transir

1. (of a cold wind, figuratively) to cut through, to pass through

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of transir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	transir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	transissant /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		transi /tʁɑ̃.zi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	transis /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transis /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transit /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transissons /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɔ̃/	transissez /tʁɑ̃.zi.se/	transissent /tʁɑ̃.zis/
	imperfect	transissais /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɛ/	transissais /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɛ/	transissait /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɛ/	transissions /tʁɑ̃.zi.sjɔ̃/	transissiez /tʁɑ̃.zi.sje/	transissaient /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɛ/
	past historic2	transis /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transis /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transit /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transîmes /tʁɑ̃.zim/	transîtes /tʁɑ̃.zit/	transirent /tʁɑ̃.ziʁ/
	future	transirai /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁe/	transiras /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁa/	transira /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁa/	transirons /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁɔ̃/	transirez /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁe/	transiront /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	transirais /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁɛ/	transirais /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁɛ/	transirait /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁɛ/	transirions /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁjɔ̃/	transiriez /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁje/	transiraient /tʁɑ̃.zi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	transisse /tʁɑ̃.zis/	transisses /tʁɑ̃.zis/	transisse /tʁɑ̃.zis/	transissions /tʁɑ̃.zi.sjɔ̃/	transissiez /tʁɑ̃.zi.sje/	transissent /tʁɑ̃.zis/
	imperfect2	transisse /tʁɑ̃.zis/	transisses /tʁɑ̃.zis/	transît /tʁɑ̃.zi/	transissions /tʁɑ̃.zi.sjɔ̃/	transissiez /tʁɑ̃.zi.sje/	transissent /tʁɑ̃.zis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	transis /tʁɑ̃.zi/	—	transissons /tʁɑ̃.zi.sɔ̃/	transissez /tʁɑ̃.zi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “transir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsīre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈzi(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ˈzi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈzi(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ˈzi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈzi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈzi(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ˈzi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈzi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈziɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈziɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈzi.ɾi/

• Homophone: transi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: tran‧sir

Verb

transir (first-person singular present (Portugal only; missing in Brazil) transo, first-person singular preterite transi, past participle transido)

1. to pass through, to traverse
2. (figurative) to frighten, to scare
3. to be numb
4. to freeze (to not move at all)

Conjugation

Brazil

    Conjugation of transir (defective) (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	transir
Personal	transir	transires	transir	transirmos	transirdes	transirem
Gerund
	transindo
Past participle
Masculine	transido			transidos
Feminine	transida			transidas
Indicative
Present	—	—	—	transimos	transis	—
Imperfect	transia	transias	transia	transíamos	transíeis	transiam
Preterite	transi	transiste	transiu	transimos	transistes	transiram
Pluperfect	transira	transiras	transira	transíramos	transíreis	transiram
Future	transirei	transirás	transirá	transiremos	transireis	transirão
Conditional	transiria	transirias	transiria	transiríamos	transiríeis	transiriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	transisse	transisses	transisse	transíssemos	transísseis	transissem
Future	transir	transires	transir	transirmos	transirdes	transirem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	transi	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Portugal

    Conjugation of transir (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	transir
Personal	transir	transires	transir	transirmos	transirdes	transirem
Gerund
	transindo
Past participle
Masculine	transido			transidos
Feminine	transida			transidas
Indicative
Present	transo	transes	transe	transimos	transis	transem
Imperfect	transia	transias	transia	transíamos	transíeis	transiam
Preterite	transi	transiste	transiu	transimos	transistes	transiram
Pluperfect	transira	transiras	transira	transíramos	transíreis	transiram
Future	transirei	transirás	transirá	transiremos	transireis	transirão
Conditional	transiria	transirias	transiria	transiríamos	transiríeis	transiriam
Subjunctive
Present	transa	transas	transa	transamos	transais	transam
Imperfect	transisse	transisses	transisse	transíssemos	transísseis	transissem
Future	transir	transires	transir	transirmos	transirdes	transirem
Imperative
Affirmative		transe	transa	transamos	transi	transam
Negative (não)		não transas	não transa	não transamos	não transais	não transam

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanˈsiɾ/ [t̪ɾãnˈsiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: tran‧sir

Verb

transir (first-person singular present transo, first-person singular preterite transí, past participle transido)

1. (obsolete) to pass; to die

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			transir
gerund			transiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		transido		transida
		plural		transidos		transidas
		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	transo	transestú transísvos	transe	transimos	transís	transen
	imperfect	transía	transías	transía	transíamos	transíais	transían
	preterite	transí	transiste	transió	transimos	transisteis	transieron
	future	transiré	transirás	transirá	transiremos	transiréis	transirán
	conditional	transiría	transirías	transiría	transiríamos	transiríais	transirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transa	transastú transásvos2	transa	transamos	transáis	transan
	imperfect (ra)	transiera	transieras	transiera	transiéramos	transierais	transieran
	imperfect (se)	transiese	transieses	transiese	transiésemos	transieseis	transiesen
	future1	transiere	transieres	transiere	transiéremos	transiereis	transieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		transetú transívos	transa	transamos	transid	transan
	negative		no transas	no transa	no transamos	no transáis	no transan

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

    Selected combined forms of transir

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 transir	dative	transirme	transirte	transirle, transirse	transirnos	transiros	transirles, transirse
	accusative	transirme	transirte	transirlo, transirla, transirse	transirnos	transiros	transirlos, transirlas, transirse
with gerund transiendo	dative	transiéndome	transiéndote	transiéndole, transiéndose	transiéndonos	transiéndoos	transiéndoles, transiéndose
	accusative	transiéndome	transiéndote	transiéndolo, transiéndola, transiéndose	transiéndonos	transiéndoos	transiéndolos, transiéndolas, transiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative transe	dative	tránseme	tránsete	tránsele	tránsenos	not used	tránseles
	accusative	tránseme	tránsete	tránselo, tránsela	tránsenos	not used	tránselos, tránselas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative transí	dative	transime	transite	transile	transinos	not used	transiles
	accusative	transime	transite	transilo, transila	transinos	not used	transilos, transilas
with formal second-person singular imperative transa	dative	tránsame	not used	tránsale, tránsase	tránsanos	not used	tránsales
	accusative	tránsame	not used	tránsalo, tránsala, tránsase	tránsanos	not used	tránsalos, tránsalas
with first-person plural imperative transamos	dative	not used	transámoste	transámosle	transámonos	transámoos	transámosles
	accusative	not used	transámoste	transámoslo, transámosla	transámonos	transámoos	transámoslos, transámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative transid	dative	transidme	not used	transidle	transidnos	transíos	transidles
	accusative	transidme	not used	transidlo, transidla	transidnos	transíos	transidlos, transidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative transan	dative	tránsanme	not used	tránsanle	tránsannos	not used	tránsanles, tránsanse
	accusative	tránsanme	not used	tránsanlo, tránsanla	tránsannos	not used	tránsanlos, tránsanlas, tránsanse

Further reading

• “transir”, 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