presumir

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praesūmere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.zuˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.zuˈmiɾ]
• Homophone: presumí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

presumir (first-person singular present presumeixo or presumo, first-person singular preterite presumí, past participle presumit) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to presume, assume
2. to boast, show off

Further reading

• “presumir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “presumir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “presumir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “presumir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

From Latin praesūmere.

Pronunciation

Verb

presumir (first-person singular present presumo, first-person singular preterite presumi, past participle presumido)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to presume, assume

Further reading

• “presumir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Etymology

From Latin praesūmere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesuˈmiɾ/ [pɾe.suˈmiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧su‧mir

Verb

presumir (first-person singular present presumo, first-person singular preterite presumí, past participle presumido)

1. (transitive) to presume
2. (intransitive) to boast, to brag, to show off

   Synonym: fanfarronear

Further reading

• “presumir”, 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