superfluo

See also: supérfluo

Asturian

Adjective

superfluo

1. neuter of superfluu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

1. superfluous

Derived terms

• superfluamente
• superfluidade

Italian

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpɛr.flu.o/, /suˈpɛr.flwo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrfluo, -ɛrflwo
• Hyphenation: su‧pèr‧flu‧o, su‧pèr‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superflui, feminine plural superflue)

1. superfluous, redundant, surplus, unnecessary, needless

   Synonyms: ridondante, inutile, in più

Noun

superfluo m (plural superflui)

1. superfluous thing, surplus

   Antonyms: indispensabile, essenziale, necessario

Derived terms

• superfluamente
• superfluità

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suˈper.flu.oː/, [s̠ʊˈpɛrfɫ̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suˈper.flu.o/, [suˈpɛrfluo]

Etymology 1

From super- +‎ fluō (“flow”).

Verb

superfluō (present infinitive superfluere, perfect active superflūxī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to run over, overflow
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be superabundant, superabound; to be superfluous

   Synonyms: abundō, flōreō, niteō, affluō, supersum

   Antonyms: careō, egeō, dēsum, dēlinquō, deficiō, cessō

3. (transitive) to flow by or past

Conjugation

Conjugation of superfluō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	superfluō	superfluis	superfluit	superfluimus	superfluitis	superfluunt
	imperfect	superfluēbam	superfluēbās	superfluēbat	superfluēbāmus	superfluēbātis	superfluēbant
	future	superfluam	superfluēs	superfluet	superfluēmus	superfluētis	superfluent
	perfect	superflūxī	superflūxistī	superflūxit	superflūximus	superflūxistis	superflūxērunt, superflūxēre
	pluperfect	superflūxeram	superflūxerās	superflūxerat	superflūxerāmus	superflūxerātis	superflūxerant
	future perfect	superflūxerō	superflūxeris	superflūxerit	superflūxerimus	superflūxeritis	superflūxerint
passive	present	superfluor	superflueris, superfluere	superfluitur	superfluimur	superfluiminī	superfluuntur
	imperfect	superfluēbar	superfluēbāris, superfluēbāre	superfluēbātur	superfluēbāmur	superfluēbāminī	superfluēbantur
	future	superfluar	superfluēris, superfluēre	superfluētur	superfluēmur	superfluēminī	superfluentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	superfluam	superfluās	superfluat	superfluāmus	superfluātis	superfluant
	imperfect	superfluerem	superfluerēs	superflueret	superfluerēmus	superfluerētis	superfluerent
	perfect	superflūxerim	superflūxerīs	superflūxerit	superflūxerīmus	superflūxerītis	superflūxerint
	pluperfect	superflūxissem	superflūxissēs	superflūxisset	superflūxissēmus	superflūxissētis	superflūxissent
passive	present	superfluar	superfluāris, superfluāre	superfluātur	superfluāmur	superfluāminī	superfluantur
	imperfect	superfluerer	superfluerēris, superfluerēre	superfluerētur	superfluerēmur	superfluerēminī	superfluerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	superflue	—	—	superfluite	—
	future	—	superfluitō	superfluitō	—	superfluitōte	superfluuntō
passive	present	—	superfluere	—	—	superfluiminī	—
	future	—	superfluitor	superfluitor	—	—	superfluuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		superfluere	superflūxisse	—	superfluī	—	—
participles		superfluēns	—	—	—	—	superfluendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		superfluendī	superfluendō	superfluendum	superfluendō	—	—

Derived terms

• superfluus
• superfluxus

Related terms

• affluō
• circumfluō
• cōnfluō
• dēfluō
• diffluō
• effluō
• fluō
• īnfluō
• interfluō
• perfluō
• praefluō
• praeterfluō
• prōfluō
• refluō
• subterfluō
• superfluē
• trānsfluō

Etymology 2

From superfluus (“superfluous”), from superfluō (“I am superfluous”), from super- +‎ fluō (“flow”).

Adverb

superfluō (not comparable)

1. superfluously

Synonyms

• (superfluously): superfluē

Etymology 3

Inflected form of superfluus (“superfluous”).

Adjective

superfluō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of superfluus

References

• “superfluo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• superfluo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin superfluus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈpeɾflwo/ [suˈpeɾ.flwo]
• Rhymes: -eɾflwo
• Syllabification: su‧per‧fluo

Adjective

superfluo (feminine superflua, masculine plural superfluos, feminine plural superfluas)

1. superfluous
2. extraneous

Derived terms

• superfluamente
• superfluidad

 

Further reading

• “superfluo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014