difundo

Difundo is a form in Portuguese grammar, specifically the first-person singular present indicative of the verb difundir. The verb means to spread, disseminate, or diffuse information, ideas, or substances. For example: "Eu difundo informações sobre saúde pública." The word difundo itself is a verb form, not a noun.

It is transitive and typically takes a direct object, such as informações, notícias, conhecimento, campanhas, or dados. The term is common in media, science, education, and marketing contexts to describe activities aimed at widening awareness or reach.

Conjugation in the present indicative includes: eu difundo, tu difundes, ele difunde, nós difundimos, vós difundis, eles difundem. In Brazilian Portuguese, the second-person singular is often realized as "você difunde" and the plural as "vocês difundem." The present participle is difundindo, and the past participle is difundido, used with auxiliary verbs to form compound tenses (eu tenho difundido).

Etymology traces to Latin diffundere, meaning to pour forth or spread out. Related terms include difusão (diffusion or dissemination). The verb is closely connected to, but distinct from, divu lugar (to publicize) and propagar (to propagate); difundir emphasizes broad distribution across channels, while divulgar centers on making information known publicly, and propagar on broader propagation, sometimes with a physical or ideological sense.

In summary, difundo appears as a common present-tense form of a widely used verb for spreading information, with clear syntactic use and standard conjugations in contemporary Portuguese.