divertir
Spanish, verb/dibeɾˈtiɾ/
divertir is spelled D-I-V-E-R-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 28,265th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divertir is a Spanish verb meaning “to entertain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apartar , desviar, alejar”.
What does divertir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to entertain
- 2
to amuse oneself, have fun
¡Diviértanse!
- 3
datedto distract
- 4
datedto divert
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apartar , desviar, alejar. 2. Entretener, alegrar, recrear. 3. Llamar hacia otra parte el humor. 4. Llamar la atención del enemigo a varias partes para dividir sus fuerzas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of divertir
- divierto first-person present singular
- divertí first-person preterite singular
- divertido participle past
- e-ie-i alternation
- divirtiendo gerund
- divertida feminine participle past
- divertidos masculine participle past
- divertidas feminine participle past
- diviertes indicative informal present
- divertís indicative informal present
- divierte indicative present singular
- divertimos first-person indicative plural
- divierten indicative plural present
- divertía first-person imperfect indicative
- divertías imperfect indicative second-person
- divertíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- divertíais imperfect indicative plural
- divertían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce divertir?
- /dibeɾˈtiɾ/
- [d̪i.β̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
- [d̪iβ̞eɾˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to divertir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is divertir in Spanish?
divertir appears 1.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).