divertir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvertere (“to turn away; to separate”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [di.βərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [di.vərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.veɾˈtiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present diverteixo, first-person singular preterite divertí, past participle divertit)

1. to amuse, entertain

   Synonyms: distreure, entretenir

2. to distract
3. (reflexive) to enjoy oneself, to have fun, to have a good time

   Synonyms: entretenir-se, passar-ho bé

   • 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

     els nens s'escamparen pel jardí, discutint els jocs amb els quells pensaven divertir-se

     the kids were scattered across the garden, talking about the fun games they were thinking of playing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divertir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			divertir
gerund			divertint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divertit		divertida
		plural		divertits		divertides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	diverteixo	diverteixes	diverteix	divertim	divertiu	diverteixen
	imperfect	divertia	diverties	divertia	divertíem	divertíeu	divertien
	future	divertiré	divertiràs	divertirà	divertirem	divertireu	divertiran
	preterite	divertí	divertires	divertí	divertírem	divertíreu	divertiren
	conditional	divertiria	divertiries	divertiria	divertiríem	divertiríeu	divertirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	diverteixi	diverteixis	diverteixi	divertim	divertiu	diverteixin
	imperfect	divertís	divertissis	divertís	divertíssim	divertíssiu	divertissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	diverteix	diverteixi	divertim	divertiu	diverteixin
	negative (no)	—	no diverteixis	no diverteixi	no divertim	no divertiu	no diverteixin

Related terms

• diversió

Further reading

• “divertir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “divertir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “divertir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.tiʁ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: di‧ver‧tir

Verb

divertir

1. to amuse; to entertain
2. to distract

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 divertir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	divertir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	divertissant /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		diverti /di.vɛʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	divertis /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertis /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertit /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertissons /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	divertissez /di.vɛʁ.ti.se/	divertissent /di.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect	divertissais /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	divertissais /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	divertissait /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/	divertissions /di.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	divertissiez /di.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	divertissaient /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	divertis /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertis /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertit /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertîmes /di.vɛʁ.tim/	divertîtes /di.vɛʁ.tit/	divertirent /di.vɛʁ.tiʁ/
	future	divertirai /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	divertiras /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	divertira /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁa/	divertirons /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	divertirez /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁe/	divertiront /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	divertirais /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	divertirais /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	divertirait /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	divertirions /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	divertiriez /di.vɛʁ.ti.ʁje/	divertiraient /di.vɛʁ.ti.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	divertisse /di.vɛʁ.tis/	divertisses /di.vɛʁ.tis/	divertisse /di.vɛʁ.tis/	divertissions /di.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	divertissiez /di.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	divertissent /di.vɛʁ.tis/
	imperfect2	divertisse /di.vɛʁ.tis/	divertisses /di.vɛʁ.tis/	divertît /di.vɛʁ.ti/	divertissions /di.vɛʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	divertissiez /di.vɛʁ.ti.sje/	divertissent /di.vɛʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	divertis /di.vɛʁ.ti/	—	divertissons /di.vɛʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	divertissez /di.vɛʁ.ti.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

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

Galician

Alternative forms

• adivertir

Etymology

From Latin dīvertere, from dīvertō (“I divert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [diβɪrˈtir]

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present divirto, third-person singular present divirte, first-person singular preterite divertín, past participle divertido)
divertir (first-person singular present divirto, third-person singular present diverte, first-person singular preterite divertim or diverti, past participle divertido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to distract (divert the attention of)

   Synonym: distraer

2. to entertain, amuse

   Synonyms: alegrar, entreter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divertir (e becomes i when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	divertir
Personal	divertir	divertires	divertir	divertirmos	divertirdes	divertiren
Gerund
	divertindo
Past participle
Masculine	divertido			divertidos
Feminine	divertida			divertidas
Indicative
Present	divirto	divirtes	divirte	divertimos	divertides	divirten
Imperfect	divertía	divertías	divertía	divertiamos	divertiades	divertían
Preterite	divertín	divertiches	divertiu	divertimos	divertistes	divertiron
Pluperfect	divertira	divertiras	divertira	divertiramos	divertirades	divertiran
Future	divertirei	divertirás	divertirá	divertiremos	divertiredes	divertirán
Conditional	divertiría	divertirías	divertiría	divertiriamos	divertiriades	divertirían
Subjunctive
Present	divirta	divirtas	divirta	divirtamos	divirtades	divirtan
Imperfect	divertise	divertises	divertise	divertísemos	divertísedes	divertisen
Future	divertir	divertires	divertir	divertirmos	divertirdes	divertiren
Imperative
Affirmative		divirte	divirta	divirtamos	divertide	divirtan
Negative (non)		non divirtas	non divirta	non divirtamos	non divirtades	non divirtan

    Reintegrated conjugation of divertir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	divertir
Personal	divertir	divertires	divertir	divertirmos	divertirdes	divertirem
Gerund
	divertindo
Past participle
Masculine	divertido			divertidos
Feminine	divertida			divertidas
Indicative
Present	divirto	divertes	diverte	divertimos	divertides, divertis	divertem
Imperfect	divertia	divertias	divertia	divertíamos	divertíades, divertíeis, divertíais1	divertiam
Preterite	divertim, diverti	divertiste, divertiche1	divertiu	divertimos	divertistes	divertírom, divertiram
Pluperfect	divertira	divertiras	divertira	divertíramos	divertírades, divertíreis, divertírais1	divertiram
Future	divertirei	divertirás	divertirá	divertiremos	divertiredes, divertireis	divertirám, divertirão
Conditional	divertiria	divertirias	divertiria	divertiríamos	divertiríades, divertiríeis, divertiríais1	divertiriam
Subjunctive
Present	divirta	divirtas	divirta	divirtamos	divirtades, divirtais	divirtam
Imperfect	divertisse	divertisses	divertisse	divertíssemos	divertíssedes, divertísseis	divertissem
Future	divertir	divertires	divertir	divertirmos	divertirdes	divertirem
Imperative
Affirmative		diverte	divirta	divirtamos	divertide, diverti	divirtam
Negative (nom)		nom divirtas	nom divirta	nom divirtamos	nom divirtades, nom divirtais	nom divirtam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• diversión
• diverso
• divertidamente
• divertido
• divertimento

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “divertir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “divertir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “divertir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvertere (“to divert”), with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.vehˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.veɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.veʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.veχˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.veɻˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vɨɾˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vɨɾˈtiɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.bɨɾˈtiɾ/ [di.βɨɾˈtiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.vɨɾˈti.ɾi/

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present divirto, third-person singular present diverte, first-person singular preterite diverti, past participle divertido)

1. to distract (divert the attention of)

   Synonym: distrair

2. to entertain, amuse

   Synonyms: alegrar, entreter

3. to dissuade (convince not to try or do)

   Synonym: dissuadir

4. (reflexive) to have fun; to enjoy oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divertir (i-e alternation in present singular) (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	divertir
Personal	divertir	divertires	divertir	divertirmos	divertirdes	divertirem
Gerund
	divertindo
Past participle
Masculine	divertido			divertidos
Feminine	divertida			divertidas
Indicative
Present	divirto	divertes	diverte	divertimos	divertis	divertem
Imperfect	divertia	divertias	divertia	divertíamos	divertíeis	divertiam
Preterite	diverti	divertiste	divertiu	divertimos	divertistes	divertiram
Pluperfect	divertira	divertiras	divertira	divertíramos	divertíreis	divertiram
Future	divertirei	divertirás	divertirá	divertiremos	divertireis	divertirão
Conditional	divertiria	divertirias	divertiria	divertiríamos	divertiríeis	divertiriam
Subjunctive
Present	divirta	divirtas	divirta	divirtamos	divirtais	divirtam
Imperfect	divertisse	divertisses	divertisse	divertíssemos	divertísseis	divertissem
Future	divertir	divertires	divertir	divertirmos	divertirdes	divertirem
Imperative
Affirmative		diverte	divirta	divirtamos	diverti	divirtam
Negative (não)		não divirtas	não divirta	não divirtamos	não divirtais	não divirtam

Related terms

• diversão
• diverso
• divertidamente
• divertido
• divertimento

 

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin divertere (“to turn away; to separate”). Compare English divert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibeɾˈtiɾ/ [d̪i.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: di‧ver‧tir

Verb

divertir (first-person singular present divierto, first-person singular preterite divertí, past participle divertido)

1. (transitive) to entertain

   Synonym: entretener

2. (reflexive) to amuse oneself, have fun

   ¡Diviértanse! ― Have a good time!

3. (transitive, dated) to distract

   Synonym: distraer

4. (transitive, dated) to divert

   Synonym: desviar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divertir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			divertir
gerund			divirtiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divertido		divertida
		plural		divertidos		divertidas
		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	divierto	diviertestú divertísvos	divierte	divertimos	divertís	divierten
	imperfect	divertía	divertías	divertía	divertíamos	divertíais	divertían
	preterite	divertí	divertiste	divirtió	divertimos	divertisteis	divirtieron
	future	divertiré	divertirás	divertirá	divertiremos	divertiréis	divertirán
	conditional	divertiría	divertirías	divertiría	divertiríamos	divertiríais	divertirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	divierta	diviertastú divirtásvos2	divierta	divirtamos	divirtáis	diviertan
	imperfect (ra)	divirtiera	divirtieras	divirtiera	divirtiéramos	divirtierais	divirtieran
	imperfect (se)	divirtiese	divirtieses	divirtiese	divirtiésemos	divirtieseis	divirtiesen
	future1	divirtiere	divirtieres	divirtiere	divirtiéremos	divirtiereis	divirtieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		diviertetú divertívos	divierta	divirtamos	divertid	diviertan
	negative		no diviertas	no divierta	no divirtamos	no divirtáis	no diviertan

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

    Selected combined forms of divertir (e-ie-i alternation)

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 divertir	dative	divertirme	divertirte	divertirle, divertirse	divertirnos	divertiros	divertirles, divertirse
	accusative	divertirme	divertirte	divertirlo, divertirla, divertirse	divertirnos	divertiros	divertirlos, divertirlas, divertirse
with gerund divirtiendo	dative	divirtiéndome	divirtiéndote	divirtiéndole, divirtiéndose	divirtiéndonos	divirtiéndoos	divirtiéndoles, divirtiéndose
	accusative	divirtiéndome	divirtiéndote	divirtiéndolo, divirtiéndola, divirtiéndose	divirtiéndonos	divirtiéndoos	divirtiéndolos, divirtiéndolas, divirtiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative divierte	dative	diviérteme	diviértete	diviértele	diviértenos	not used	diviérteles
	accusative	diviérteme	diviértete	diviértelo, diviértela	diviértenos	not used	diviértelos, diviértelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative divertí	dative	divertime	divertite	divertile	divertinos	not used	divertiles
	accusative	divertime	divertite	divertilo, divertila	divertinos	not used	divertilos, divertilas
with formal second-person singular imperative divierta	dative	diviértame	not used	diviértale, diviértase	diviértanos	not used	diviértales
	accusative	diviértame	not used	diviértalo, diviértala, diviértase	diviértanos	not used	diviértalos, diviértalas
with first-person plural imperative divirtamos	dative	not used	divirtámoste	divirtámosle	divirtámonos	divirtámoos	divirtámosles
	accusative	not used	divirtámoste	divirtámoslo, divirtámosla	divirtámonos	divirtámoos	divirtámoslos, divirtámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative divertid	dative	divertidme	not used	divertidle	divertidnos	divertíos	divertidles
	accusative	divertidme	not used	divertidlo, divertidla	divertidnos	divertíos	divertidlos, divertidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative diviertan	dative	diviértanme	not used	diviértanle	diviértannos	not used	diviértanles, diviértanse
	accusative	diviértanme	not used	diviértanlo, diviértanla	diviértannos	not used	diviértanlos, diviértanlas, diviértanse

Related terms

• diversión
• divertido
• divertimiento
• divertirse
• verter

 

Further reading

• “divertir”, 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