diligenciar
Portuguese
Etymology
From diligência + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.li.ʒẽˈsja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.li.ʒẽˈsjaɾ/, /di.li.ʒẽˈsjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.li.ʒẽˈsja.ɾi/, /di.li.ʒẽˈsja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: di‧li‧gen‧ci‧ar
Verb
diligenciar (first-person singular present diligencio, first-person singular preterite diligenciei, past participle diligenciado)
- (transitive) to do one's best
Conjugation
Conjugation of diligenciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- diligenciado
- diligenciador
- diligenciamento
Further reading
- “diligenciar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “diligenciar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “diligenciar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “diligenciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “diligenciar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “diligenciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From diligencia + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dilixenˈθjaɾ/ [d̪i.li.xẽn̟ˈθjaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /dilixenˈsjaɾ/ [d̪i.li.xẽnˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: di‧li‧gen‧ciar
Verb
diligenciar (first-person singular present diligencio, first-person singular preterite diligencié, past participle diligenciado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of diligenciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of diligenciar
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 diligenciar | dative | diligenciarme | diligenciarte | diligenciarle, diligenciarse | diligenciarnos | diligenciaros | diligenciarles, diligenciarse |
| accusative | diligenciarme | diligenciarte | diligenciarlo, diligenciarla, diligenciarse | diligenciarnos | diligenciaros | diligenciarlos, diligenciarlas, diligenciarse | |
| with gerund diligenciando | dative | diligenciándome | diligenciándote | diligenciándole, diligenciándose | diligenciándonos | diligenciándoos | diligenciándoles, diligenciándose |
| accusative | diligenciándome | diligenciándote | diligenciándolo, diligenciándola, diligenciándose | diligenciándonos | diligenciándoos | diligenciándolos, diligenciándolas, diligenciándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative diligencia | dative | diligénciame | diligénciate | diligénciale | diligéncianos | not used | diligénciales |
| accusative | diligénciame | diligénciate | diligéncialo, diligénciala | diligéncianos | not used | diligéncialos, diligéncialas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative diligenciá | dative | diligenciame | diligenciate | diligenciale | diligencianos | not used | diligenciales |
| accusative | diligenciame | diligenciate | diligencialo, diligenciala | diligencianos | not used | diligencialos, diligencialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative diligencie | dative | diligéncieme | not used | diligénciele, diligénciese | diligéncienos | not used | diligéncieles |
| accusative | diligéncieme | not used | diligéncielo, diligénciela, diligénciese | diligéncienos | not used | diligéncielos, diligéncielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative diligenciemos | dative | not used | diligenciémoste | diligenciémosle | diligenciémonos | diligenciémoos | diligenciémosles |
| accusative | not used | diligenciémoste | diligenciémoslo, diligenciémosla | diligenciémonos | diligenciémoos | diligenciémoslos, diligenciémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative diligenciad | dative | diligenciadme | not used | diligenciadle | diligenciadnos | diligenciaos | diligenciadles |
| accusative | diligenciadme | not used | diligenciadlo, diligenciadla | diligenciadnos | diligenciaos | diligenciadlos, diligenciadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative diligencien | dative | diligéncienme | not used | diligéncienle | diligénciennos | not used | diligéncienles, diligénciense |
| accusative | diligéncienme | not used | diligéncienlo, diligéncienla | diligénciennos | not used | diligéncienlos, diligéncienlas, diligénciense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “diligenciar”, 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