Meaning
to spread, broadcast, diffuse
- to spread (an idea, sickness, etc.)
- to give out, to diffuse (light, radio, TV programming, etc.)
In a sentence
La radio diffonde musica tutto il giorno.
The radio broadcasts music all day.
Non diffondere questa voce senza prove.
Don't spread this rumor without proof.
Il virus si è diffuso molto in fretta.
The virus spread very quickly.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| diffondere | infinitive |
| diffondiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| diffondo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| diffondete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diffondi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| diffondono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| diffonde | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| diffondevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| diffondevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| diffondevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| diffondevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| diffondevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| diffondeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| diffondemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| diffusi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| diffondeste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| diffondesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| diffusero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| diffuse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| diffonderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| diffonderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| diffonderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| diffonderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| diffonderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| diffonderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| diffondiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| diffonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| diffondiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| diffonda | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
Usage notes
- Use diffondere for ideas, news, diseases, signals, or media content; for physically handing things out, prefer distribuire.
- For publishing online or publicly circulating information, diffondere often sounds more formal than condividere or pubblicare.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha diffuso la notizia, ha diffuso il programma.
- past participle diffuso