disminuir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīminuere (“to break into small pieces; to diminish”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir and change of prefix based on the more common Latin dis-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [diz.mi.nuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diz.mi.nuˈiɾ]

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Verb

disminuir (first-person singular present disminueixo, first-person singular preterite disminuí, past participle disminuït)

1. (ambitransitive) to decrease, to diminish

   Synonyms: minvar, decréixer

   Antonyms: augmentar, acréixer

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of disminuir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			disminuir
gerund			disminuint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		disminuït		disminuïda
		plural		disminuïts		disminuïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	disminueixo	disminueixes	disminueix	disminuïm	disminuïu	disminueixen
	imperfect	disminuïa	disminuïes	disminuïa	disminuíem	disminuíeu	disminuïen
	future	disminuiré	disminuiràs	disminuirà	disminuirem	disminuireu	disminuiran
	preterite	disminuí	disminuïres	disminuí	disminuírem	disminuíreu	disminuïren
	conditional	disminuiria	disminuiries	disminuiria	disminuiríem	disminuiríeu	disminuirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	disminueixi	disminueixis	disminueixi	disminuïm	disminuïu	disminueixin
	imperfect	disminuís	disminuïssis	disminuís	disminuíssim	disminuíssiu	disminuïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	disminueix	disminueixi	disminuïm	disminuïu	disminueixin
	negative (no)	—	no disminueixis	no disminueixi	no disminuïm	no disminuïu	no disminueixin

Derived terms

• disminuït

Related terms

• disminució

Further reading

• “disminuir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-European *minéwti

Proto-Italic *minuō

Latin minuō

Latin diminuereder.

Spanish disminuir

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dismiˈnwiɾ/ [d̪iz.miˈnwiɾ], /disminuˈiɾ/ [d̪iz.mi.nuˈiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧mi‧nuir, dis‧mi‧nu‧ir

Verb

disminuir (first-person singular present disminuyo, first-person singular preterite disminuí, past participle disminuido)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to diminish

   Alternative form: diminuir

   Synonym: decrementar

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 48:

     Las proporciones de sus atributos distintivos, han disminuído lo suficiente para hacer ahora ridículo lo que ayer era espantoso.

     The proportions of his [the Devil's] distinctive attributes have diminished enough to make ridiculous today what was terrifying yesterday.

2. (intransitive) to diminish

   Synonyms: diminuecer (archaic), decrecer, descrecer (uncommon)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of disminuir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			disminuir
gerund			disminuyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		disminuido		disminuida
		plural		disminuidos		disminuidas
		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	disminuyo	disminuyestú disminuísvos	disminuye	disminuimos	disminuís	disminuyen
	imperfect	disminuía	disminuías	disminuía	disminuíamos	disminuíais	disminuían
	preterite	disminuí	disminuiste	disminuyó	disminuimos	disminuisteis	disminuyeron
	future	disminuiré	disminuirás	disminuirá	disminuiremos	disminuiréis	disminuirán
	conditional	disminuiría	disminuirías	disminuiría	disminuiríamos	disminuiríais	disminuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	disminuya	disminuyastú disminuyásvos2	disminuya	disminuyamos	disminuyáis	disminuyan
	imperfect (ra)	disminuyera	disminuyeras	disminuyera	disminuyéramos	disminuyerais	disminuyeran
	imperfect (se)	disminuyese	disminuyeses	disminuyese	disminuyésemos	disminuyeseis	disminuyesen
	future1	disminuyere	disminuyeres	disminuyere	disminuyéremos	disminuyereis	disminuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		disminuyetú disminuívos	disminuya	disminuyamos	disminuid	disminuyan
	negative		no disminuyas	no disminuya	no disminuyamos	no disminuyáis	no disminuyan

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

    Selected combined forms of disminuir

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 disminuir	dative	disminuirme	disminuirte	disminuirle, disminuirse	disminuirnos	disminuiros	disminuirles, disminuirse
	accusative	disminuirme	disminuirte	disminuirlo, disminuirla, disminuirse	disminuirnos	disminuiros	disminuirlos, disminuirlas, disminuirse
with gerund disminuyendo	dative	disminuyéndome	disminuyéndote	disminuyéndole, disminuyéndose	disminuyéndonos	disminuyéndoos	disminuyéndoles, disminuyéndose
	accusative	disminuyéndome	disminuyéndote	disminuyéndolo, disminuyéndola, disminuyéndose	disminuyéndonos	disminuyéndoos	disminuyéndolos, disminuyéndolas, disminuyéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative disminuye	dative	disminúyeme	disminúyete	disminúyele	disminúyenos	not used	disminúyeles
	accusative	disminúyeme	disminúyete	disminúyelo, disminúyela	disminúyenos	not used	disminúyelos, disminúyelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative disminuí	dative	disminuime	disminuite	disminuile	disminuinos	not used	disminuiles
	accusative	disminuime	disminuite	disminuilo, disminuila	disminuinos	not used	disminuilos, disminuilas
with formal second-person singular imperative disminuya	dative	disminúyame	not used	disminúyale, disminúyase	disminúyanos	not used	disminúyales
	accusative	disminúyame	not used	disminúyalo, disminúyala, disminúyase	disminúyanos	not used	disminúyalos, disminúyalas
with first-person plural imperative disminuyamos	dative	not used	disminuyámoste	disminuyámosle	disminuyámonos	disminuyámoos	disminuyámosles
	accusative	not used	disminuyámoste	disminuyámoslo, disminuyámosla	disminuyámonos	disminuyámoos	disminuyámoslos, disminuyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative disminuid	dative	disminuidme	not used	disminuidle	disminuidnos	disminuíos	disminuidles
	accusative	disminuidme	not used	disminuidlo, disminuidla	disminuidnos	disminuíos	disminuidlos, disminuidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative disminuyan	dative	disminúyanme	not used	disminúyanle	disminúyannos	not used	disminúyanles, disminúyanse
	accusative	disminúyanme	not used	disminúyanlo, disminúyanla	disminúyannos	not used	disminúyanlos, disminúyanlas, disminúyanse

    Conjugation of disminuirse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			disminuirse
gerund			disminuyéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		disminuido		disminuida
		plural		disminuidos		disminuidas
		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	disminuirme	disminuirte	disminuirse	disminuirnos	disminuiros	disminuirse
	gerund	disminuyéndome	disminuyéndote	disminuyéndose	disminuyéndonos	disminuyéndoos	disminuyéndose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me disminuyo	te disminuyestú te disminuísvos	se disminuye	nos disminuimos	os disminuís	se disminuyen
	imperfect	me disminuía	te disminuías	se disminuía	nos disminuíamos	os disminuíais	se disminuían
	preterite	me disminuí	te disminuiste	se disminuyó	nos disminuimos	os disminuisteis	se disminuyeron
	future	me disminuiré	te disminuirás	se disminuirá	nos disminuiremos	os disminuiréis	se disminuirán
	conditional	me disminuiría	te disminuirías	se disminuiría	nos disminuiríamos	os disminuiríais	se disminuirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me disminuya	te disminuyastú te disminuyásvos2	se disminuya	nos disminuyamos	os disminuyáis	se disminuyan
	imperfect (ra)	me disminuyera	te disminuyeras	se disminuyera	nos disminuyéramos	os disminuyerais	se disminuyeran
	imperfect (se)	me disminuyese	te disminuyeses	se disminuyese	nos disminuyésemos	os disminuyeseis	se disminuyesen
	future1	me disminuyere	te disminuyeres	se disminuyere	nos disminuyéremos	os disminuyereis	se disminuyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		disminúyetetú disminuitevos	disminúyase	disminuyámonos	disminuíos	disminúyanse
	negative		no te disminuyas	no se disminuya	no nos disminuyamos	no os disminuyáis	no se disminuyan

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

Derived terms

• disminución

See also

• mermar
• rebajar
• reducir

Further reading

• “disminuir”, 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